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NCT Number: NCT06555198

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

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Lower Extremity Problem Foot Deformities Musculoskeletal Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Turku

Turku, Southwest Finland, 20520, Finland

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

  • Nursing students

Treatment and study plan

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. Knowledge of lower extremity self-care

    Time frame: 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 outcomes

  1. Self-assessed foot health

    Time frame: 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).

  2. Musculoskeletal health

    Time frame: 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.

  3. Self-perceived work ability

    Time frame: 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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Turku

Other

Collaborators

  • Finnish Work Environment Fund
  • The Hospital District of Satakunta

Registry information

Official study title

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

Acronym: Foot(at)Work

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Aug 15, 2024
Registry last updated
May 5, 2026

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