Promotion of Nurses' Lower Extremity Health by Foot(at)Work Intervention

NCT06555198 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 230374
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 107
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The quasiexperimental study aims to analyse the effecs of Foot(at)Work intervention on nurses' lower extremity health. The Foot(at)Work intervention is in electronic format consisting of 5 themes. The idea is that the participants familiarizes with the foot health -related content. The primary outcome is knowledge about lower extremity self-care. Secondary outcomes are work well-being, lower extremity health and musculoskeletal health. The outcomes are measured before the intervention (M0), after the intervention (M1), one month after the intervention (M2), six months after the intervention (M3) and 12 months after the intervention (M4). The purpose of the Foot(at)Work intervention is to support nurses ability to self-care their lower extremities. The intervention consists of text, videos, and pictures that educate nurses to self-care their lower extremities and to select proper footwear.

Conditions

Lower Extremity Problem; Foot Deformities

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Knowledge of lower extremity self-care

  Knowledge will be measured with self-administered questionnaira that contains 20 items (response options yes-no) about self-care for lower extremity problems.

  before intervenion, right after the intervention, one, six and 12 months after the intervention

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Self-assessed foot health

  before intervenion, right after the intervention, one, six and 12 months after the intervention

• Musculoskeletal health

  before intervenion, right after the intervention, one, six and 12 months after the intervention

• Self-perceived work ability

  before intervenion, right after the intervention, one, six and 12 months after the intervention

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Foot(at)Work intervention will be offered to participant sin the intervention group. The Foot(at)Work intervention lasts for 5 weeks. The intervention is constructed on electronic learning environment consisting of 5 themes illustrating self-care activities for common foot problems among nursing professionals. The idea of self-directed learning is to support nurses competence to self-care their lower extremities and thus, promote their work wellbeing in clinical nursing environments.

Behavioral: Foot(at)Work intervention

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group will work and live as usual.

Interventions

Foot(at)Work intervention BEHAVIORAL

Foot(at)Work intervention is targeted for nurses working in clinical settings to promote their competence in lower extremity health self-care.

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Registered nurse
• Working in the specialized health care in surgical or internal medicine wards of one certain hospital

You may not qualify if:

• Nursing students

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

Study Sites (1)

University of Turku

Turku, Southwest Finland, 20520, Finland

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Foot Deformities

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Musculoskeletal Diseases

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: professor (act.), PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 12, 2024
• First Posted: August 15, 2024
• Study Start: October 15, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2025
• Study Completion: December 31, 2025
• Last Updated: May 5, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FI (1)