Alo Edin Huka, Lami Alemeyehu, Dube Jara, Angefa Ayele, Tofik Shifa
Predictors of willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccine among adults
Frontiers in epidemiology
diabetic foot ulcers dfus cause significant morbidity affecting 19 34 people living diabetes mellitus dfus impair quality life may also result limb loss mortality patient education advocated raise awareness proper foot selfcare necessity seeking assistance foot wound occurs modern technologies including mobile health mhealth interventions health apps bring potential costeffective scalable interventions study aims examine feasibility usability newly developed mhealth app called well feet diabetes foot care education app individuals risk developing dfu well feet developed using evidencebased expert panel cocreation approach deliver educational content available 3 languages ie english chinese malay via animation videos range additional features including adaptive learning nonrandomized singlearm feasibility study using mixed methods approach series validated questionnaires focus group discussions conducted total 40 patients carers recruited tertiary hospital diabetes clinic receive 1month mhealth intervention primary outcomes usability app qualitative perspective user experience secondary outcomes include changes foot care knowledge selfmanagement behaviors quality life patient recruitment began july 2023 intervention data collection completed end september 2023 study approved national healthcare group domain specific review board 202200614 february 10 2023 expected results published spring 2024 feasibility study well feet dfu education app undergo comprehensive quantitative qualitative evaluation usability acceptance future improvement design local contextualization cultural adaptation multilingual functionality app addresses critical aspect dfu health education selfmanagement multiethnic population findings study refine enhance features app based user feedback shape procedural framework subsequent randomized controlled trial assess effectiveness well feet clinicaltrialsgov nct05564728 httpsclinicaltrialsgovstudynct05564728 derr110219652036