Manipulating Narrative Presentations of Information to Encourage Good Foot Care Practice in People With and Without Diabetes Mellitus

NCT ID: NCT04623151

Last Updated: 2020-11-10

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

452 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-08-16

Study Completion Date

2018-08-16

Brief Summary

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The study explores the role of health messages (narrative, non-narrative vs. control condition \[no message\]) to enhance good foot care practices among people with diabetes and the general population.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Diabetic Foot Health Behavior Foot Diseases

Keywords

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Foot care narrative diabetes health behaviour health psychology

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

1. Online leaflet about foot care in a narrative format
2. Online leaflet about foot care in a non-narrative format
3. No leaflet (control)
Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Online leaflet in narrative format

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Online leaflet about foot care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Short text-based leaflet about foot care, presented online

Online leaflet in non-narrative format

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Online leaflet about foot care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Short text-based leaflet about foot care, presented online

No leaflet (control)

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Online leaflet about foot care

Short text-based leaflet about foot care, presented online

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* at least 18 years of age at the time of consent;
* able to read and speak the English language;
* able and willing to give written informed consent prior to study entry;
* able to complete the protocol requirements

Exclusion Criteria

* has a cognitive impairment or acute psychopathology (self-reported formal diagnoses of down syndrome, traumatic brain injury, brain tumour, autism, dementia, schizophrenia, and/or schizoaffective disorder), ie that which could interfere with his or her ability to provide written consent and complete the study
* has taken part in any other research on foot care with the University of Chichester in the past year
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Chichester

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Susan Churchill, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University of Chichester

Locations

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University of Chichester

Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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UOCMRPHDS3

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id