Nurses' Foot Health and Work Well-being

NCT03116451 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 116464
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 56
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study supports and promotes work well-being of nursing personnel from the perspective of foot health in health care organizations. Half of the participants will receive an electronic foot health education program to improve their foot self-care knowledge, while the other will receive anything. The outcomes of this project include recommendations and tested educational program to occupational health care for improving foot health of nurses.

Conditions

Foot; Nurses

Keywords

foot health; nurses; work well-being

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from Baseline Foot self-care knowledge at 4 and 12 weeks

  Measured with Foot Self-Care Knowledge Questionnaire including 11 questions using a "true," "false," or "don't know" response options.

  baseline, 4 weeks, 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Change from Baseline Foot health at 4 and 12 weeks

  baseline, 4 weeks, 12 weeks

• Change from Baseline Musculoskeletal Disorders at 4 and 12 weeks

  baseline, 4 weeks, 12 weeks

• Change from Baseline Foot health Status at 4 and 12 weeks

  baseline, 4 weeks, 12 weeks

• Change from Baseline Work Ability Score at 4 and 12 weeks

  baseline, 4 weeks, 12 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Foot Health Promoting Program

EXPERIMENTAL

The experimental group will receive an electronic intervention (Foot Health Promotion Program, FHPP) for 8 weeks consisting of foot self-care guidance (skin and nail self-care), foot exercises, foot stretching and professional footwear guidance. Each topic includes lectures (delivered via Adobe Presenter) and self-directed learning where participant will go through a list of links to websites and watch videos about foot self-care. In addition, the learning will be evaluated using four individual tasks related to foot self-care.

Behavioral: Foot Health Promoting Program

Comparison group

NO INTERVENTION

The comparison group will not receive any instructions or guidance for foot self-care but participant in the comparison group will complete the same measurement points than experimental group. After the study, the comparison group will also receive the same intervention than experimental group (if effective).

Interventions

Foot Health Promoting Program BEHAVIORAL

An electronic intervention for 8 weeks consisting of foot self-care guidance targeted to nurses.

Also known as: FHPP

Foot Health Promoting Program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• nurses (registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, public health nurses) working in the operating theatre

You may not qualify if:

• other health care professionals

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Turku: lead
• Finnish Work Environment Fund: collaborator
• Turku University Hospital: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Turku

Turku, 20520, Finland

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Stolt M, Katajisto J, Peltonen J, Suhonen R, Leino-Kilpi H. Development and testing of a new electronic foot health promotion programme on nurses' foot self-care. BMC Nurs. 2020 Apr 19;19:29. doi: 10.1186/s12912-020-00423-z. eCollection 2020.

  PMID: 32327936 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Minna Stolt, PhD

  University of Turku

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Quasi-experimental study design

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 5, 2017
• First Posted: April 17, 2017
• Study Start: January 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: November 29, 2017
• Study Completion: December 31, 2017
• Last Updated: May 3, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FI (1)