Adapting Lifestyle Offloading for DFUs

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age21+
SponsorUniversity of Southern California

About this trial

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 criteria

Qualifiers

English speaking

Age 21 years or older

History of active DFU necessitating offloading

Capacity to provide informed consent

Disqualifiers

Self-reported deafness or blindness

history of lower extremity amputation besides toes

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Lifestyle-based intervention by an occupational therapist

Treatment groups

20 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group