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

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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Foot Deformities; Lower Extremity Problem
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Foot(at)Work intervention

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 107
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Finland
  • Southwest Finland
    • Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland, 20520
      • University of Turku

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

• Nursing students

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention group; Foot(at)Work intervention will be offered to participant sin the intervention group. The Foot(at)Work intervention lasts for 5 weeks. The intervention is constructed on electronic learning environment consisting of 5 themes illustrating self-care activities for common foot problems among nursing professionals. The idea of self-directed learning is to support nurses competence to self-care their lower extremities and thus, promote their work wellbeing in clinical nursing environments.	Behavioral: Foot(at)Work intervention; Foot(at)Work intervention is targeted for nurses working in clinical settings to promote their competence in lower extremity health self-care.
No Intervention: Control group; The control group will work and live as usual.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Knowledge of lower extremity self-care	Knowledge will be measured with self-administered questionnaira that contains 20 items (response options yes-no) about self-care for lower extremity problems.	before intervenion, right after the intervention, one, six and 12 months after the intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Self-assessed foot health	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).	before intervenion, right after the intervention, one, six and 12 months after the intervention
Musculoskeletal health	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.	before intervenion, right after the intervention, one, six and 12 months after the intervention
Self-perceived work ability	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.	before intervenion, right after the intervention, one, six and 12 months after the intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Turku
• Collaborators: The Hospital District of Satakunta; Finnish Work Environment Fund

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 15, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 31, 2025
• Study Completion (Actual): December 31, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 12, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 12, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): August 15, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 5, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 28, 2026
• Last Verified: April 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Musculoskeletal Diseases; Foot Deformities
• Other Study ID Numbers: 230374

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No