Foot Deformities, Lower Extremity Problem
Conditions
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.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALFoot(at)Work intervention
Foot(at)Work intervention is targeted for nurses working in clinical settings to promote their competence in lower extremity health self-care.
Sponsors
University of Turku
The Hospital District of Satakunta
Finnish Work Environment Fund
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Registered nurse * Working in the specialized health care in surgical or internal medicine wards of one certain hospital
Exclusion criteria
* Nursing students
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Knowledge of lower extremity self-care | before intervenion, right after the intervention, one, six and 12 months after the intervention | Knowledge will be measured with self-administered questionnaira that contains 20 items (response options yes-no) about self-care for lower extremity problems. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Self-assessed foot health | before intervenion, right after the intervention, one, six and 12 months after the intervention | Self-Administered Foot Health Assessment Instrument (S-FHAI) will measure subjective self-assessment measure of current foot health with 22 items. Four subcategories were included: skin health (12 items), nail health (4 items), foot structure (5 items), and foot pain (1 item). |
| Musculoskeletal health | before intervenion, right after the intervention, one, six and 12 months after the intervention | Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire will be used as self-report measure to assess the impact of a musculoskeletal condition on an individual's functioning and on the impact of the condition on daily activities. |
| Self-perceived work ability | before intervenion, right after the intervention, one, six and 12 months after the intervention | Work ability index: one question where respondent indicates the level of perceived current work ability. Range 1-10 where 1 indicates not capable of working - 10 best possible work ability. |
Countries
Finland
Outcome results
None listed