Education and Mobile Reminder Program for Foot Self-Care in Type 2 Diabetes

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Diabetes Education and Mobile Reminder Program: Participants in the intervention group receive a structured diabetes education program focusing on foot self-care behaviors, diabetes self-management, and prevention of foot complications. The education is delivered through scheduled face-to-face training sessions supported by educational materials. In addition, participants receive regular mobile reminder messages via a mobile application designed to reinforce self-care practices, medication adherence, daily foot inspection, and lifestyle modification. The mobile reminders are delivered multiple times per week throughout the study period to enhance behavioral adherence and self-efficacy.

Usual Care: Four-session education on diabetes and diabetic foot care, plus WhatsApp group reminders (texts/brochures/videos) and periodic private reminder messages; includes a home visit and provision of a foot-care kit; follow-up for 6 months.

Study summary

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease with systemic, acute and chronic complications whose prevalence is increasing all over the world and in our country (Satman et al. 2013). The prevalence of diabetes all over the world and in Turkey is increasing day by day and this situation is becoming an important public health problem (Aytemur and Vardar İnkaya 2022). Diabetic foot is an important complication that causes organ loss, affects individuals mentally, physically, socially and economically, and requires frequent hospitalization and surgical intervention (Danmusa et al. 2016, Kalaycı et al. 2020). In the prevention of diabetes, it is necessary to raise awareness and gain healthy lifestyle behaviors. This study aims to increase foot self-care behaviors, diabetes management self-efficacy and quality of life of individuals with type 2 diabetes with the education program and reminder mobile applications.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Change in Diabetes Foot Self-Care Behavior Score — Baseline to 6 months

Trial sites (1)