The Effect of Foot Care Training Given to Diabetic Hemodialysis Patients on Foot Care Behavior

ConditionDiabetic Foot
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Beykent

About this trial

Diabetic foot causes hospitalization, amputation and serious health problems in individuals. This situation also leads to loss of productivity of the individual, negatively. diabetic foot can be reduced by 85% with good foot care, education and a multidisciplinary team approach. Diabetes is observed in the majority of hemodialysis patients. Foot care becomes even more important if you have more than one chronic disease. The aim of this study is; To determine the effect of "Diabetic foot care training" given to diabetic hemodialysis patients on foot care behavior. The study was planned as a randomized controlled experimental study. It was planned for diabetic hemodialysis patients who were treated in a dialysis center with a study permit.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Being over 18 years old

Having a diagnosis of diabetes

Volunteering to participate in the study

Good communication skills and the patient's ability to receive training himself

Disqualifiers

Not willing to participate in conflict

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Education

    Behavioral

    Information about diabetic foot care

Treatment groups

64 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Experimental groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Control groupNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Developing foot care behavior

Providing training with diabetic foot care guidance As data collection forms in the research; The Participant Information Form prepared by the researcher and the Foot Care Behavior Scale (FBS) will be used. The lowest score that can be obtained on the scale is 15; The highest score is 75. The Cronbach alpha value of the scale was found to have high reliability as 0.83.

Time frame
Trainings are 15-20 minutes, once a week. 8 weeks in total will be given as.

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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