This is a randomized clinical trial to: (1) Determine the extent to which custom made study shoes will reduce the incidence of reulceration in diabetic individuals with prior history of footulcers, and (2) Estimate costs of ulcer prevention using these strategies. Patients from the Seattle VA (n=214) and Group Health Cooperative (n=213) will be randomly assigned to one of two study arms. They are: (1) patients wearing study shoes and premolded polyurethane insoles and (2) the control group of patients wearing their own footwear.
This is a randomized clinical trial to: (1) Determine the extent to which custom made study shoes will reduce the incidence of reulceration in diabetic individuals with prior history of foot ulcers, and (2) Estimate costs of ulcer prevention using these strategies.