An explorative study on the efficacy and feasibility of the use of motivational interviewing to improve footwear adherence in persons with diabetes at high-risk of foot ulceration.

CONCLUSIONS: Footwear adherence at home increases one week after motivational interviewing to clinically relevant but not statistically significant levels (i.e. 80%), but then returns over time to baseline levels. Away from home, adherence is already sufficient at baseline and remains like that over time. The use of motivational interviewing seems feasible for the given purpose and patient group. These findings provide input to larger trials and provisionally suggest that additional or adjunctive therapy may be needed to better preserve adherence. PMID: 29111785 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association - Category: Podiatry Authors: Tags: J Am Podiatr Med Assoc Source Type: research