Adapting Lifestyle Offloading for DFUs
Adapting a Lifestyle-based Offloading Intervention in Diabetic Foot Ulcers
University of Southern California
20 participants
Feb 10, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to develop and test a tailored occupational therapist-led lifestyle-focused intervention to aid patients in improving diabetic foot ulcer care. The main questions it aims to answer are to determine the acceptability and feasibility of taking a tailored lifestyle-focused approach as part of comprehensive diabetic foot ulcer management. Patient participants with DFUs who require offloading treatment will receive the tailored lifestyle-focused self-management intervention.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria7
- English speaking
- Age 21 years or older
- History of active DFU necessitating offloading
- Capacity to provide informed consent
- Access to telehealth (internet connection and equipment)
- Ability to walk independently or with an assistive device
- Self-reported life expectancy of more than one year
Exclusion Criteria2
- Self-reported deafness or blindness
- history of lower extremity amputation besides toes
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Interventions
Participants with diabetic foot ulcers will be offered lifestyle-based treatment sessions virtually for up to 8 sessions (\~8 weeks) with a licensed occupational therapist.
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NCT06278935