Evaluation of the development process and effects of a foot care program with educational tools for nurses and care workers as in-home service providers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Nurses and care workers who provide in-home services play important roles in assessing and providing care for older people who lack foot self-care abilities. We aimed to evaluate the development process and effects of a foot care program with educational tools for nurses and care workers as in-home service providers. This is a process evaluation with a descriptive mixed-methods study of quantitative and qualitative data conducted from July to October 2019 in Japan.

Results

Foot care education tools were developed to address the issues faced by participants with various work patterns and insufficient foot care education in Japan. The contents of these tools were discussed by a panel and reviewed by experts. Three outcomes were analyzed using descriptive statistics a

SUBMITTER: Fujii K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7487692 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature