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Trial reportSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Podiatrist-Delivered Health Coaching to Facilitate the Use of a Smart Insole to Support Foot Health Monitoring in People with Diabetes-Related Peripheral Neuropathy.

Emma M Macdonald, Byron M Perrin, Leanne Cleeland, Michael I C Kingsley

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Trial report in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Emma M MacdonaldHolsworth Research Initiative, La Trobe Rural Health School, College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Bendigo 3550, Australia.
Byron M PerrinHolsworth Research Initiative, La Trobe Rural Health School, College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Bendigo 3550, Australia.
Leanne CleelandQuality, Risk and Innovation Unit, Goulburn Valley Health, Shepparton 3630, Australia.
Michael I C KingsleyHolsworth Research Initiative, La Trobe Rural Health School, College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Bendigo 3550, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1953-4067
Goulburn Valley Health · AULa Trobe University · AUUniversity of Auckland · NZ

Funding

Australian Government Research Training Program ScholarshipLa Trobe UniversityOrpyx Medical Technologies
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This trial evaluated the feasibility of podiatrist-led health coaching (HC) to facilitate smart-insole adoption and foot monitoring in adults with diabetes-related neuropathy. Adults aged 69.9 ± 5.6 years with diabetes for 13.7 ± 10.3 years participated in this 4-week explanatory sequential mixed-methods intervention. An HC training package was delivered to podiatrists, who used HC to issue a smart insole to support foot monitoring. Insole usage data monitored adoption. Changes in participant understanding of neuropathy, foot care behaviours, and intention to adopt the smart insole were measured. Focus group and in-depth interviews explored quantitative data. Initial HC appointments took a mean of 43.8 ± 8.8 min. HC fidelity was strong for empathy/rapport and knowledge provision but weak for assessing motivational elements. Mean smart-insole wear was 12.53 ± 3.46 h/day with 71.2 ± 13.9% alerts not effectively off-loaded, with no significant effect for time on usage F(3,6) = 1.194 (

Indexed as

Diabetes MellitusDiabetic FootFoot OrthosesMentoringAgedFootHumansMiddle AgedShoesdiabetesdiabetes foot diseasefoot monitoringhealth coachingperipheral neuropathytechnology adoptiontelehealth

Identifiers

PMID34207743
PMCPMC8227881
OpenAlexW3172634404

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