TY - JOUR
T1 - Adherence and Wearing Time of Prescribed Footwear among People at Risk of Diabetes-Related Foot Ulcers
T2 - Which Measure to Use?
AU - Jarl, Gustav
AU - Hulshof, Chantal M.
AU - Busch-Westbroek, Tessa E.
AU - Bus, Sicco A.
AU - van Netten, Jaap J.
N1 - Funding Information: This research was funded by Amsterdam Movement Sciences and ZGT Wetenschapsfonds. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.
PY - 2023/2/2
Y1 - 2023/2/2
N2 - Adherence to prescribed footwear is essential to prevent diabetes-related foot ulcers. The aim was to compare different measures of adherence and wearing time of prescribed footwear with a reference adherence measure, among people with diabetes at high risk of foot ulceration. We followed 53 participants for 7 consecutive days. A temperature sensor measured wearing time of prescribed footwear and a triaxial accelerometer assessed weight-bearing activities. Subjective wearing time was self-reported. Reference adherence measure was proportion of weight-bearing time prescribed footwear was worn. We calculated Spearman's correlation coefficients, kappa coefficients, and areas under the curve (AUC) for the association between the reference measure and other measures of adherence and wearing time. Proportion of daily steps with prescribed footwear worn had a very strong association (r = 0.96, Κ = 0.93; AUC: 0.96-1.00), objective wearing time had a strong association (r = 0.91, Κ = 0.85, AUC: 0.89-0.99), and subjective wearing time had a weak association (r = 0.42, Κ = 0.38, AUC: 0.67-0.81) with the reference measure. Objectively measured proportion of daily steps with prescribed footwear is a valid measure of footwear adherence. Objective wearing time is reasonably valid, and may be used in clinical practice and for long-term measurements. Subjective wearing time is not recommended to be used.
AB - Adherence to prescribed footwear is essential to prevent diabetes-related foot ulcers. The aim was to compare different measures of adherence and wearing time of prescribed footwear with a reference adherence measure, among people with diabetes at high risk of foot ulceration. We followed 53 participants for 7 consecutive days. A temperature sensor measured wearing time of prescribed footwear and a triaxial accelerometer assessed weight-bearing activities. Subjective wearing time was self-reported. Reference adherence measure was proportion of weight-bearing time prescribed footwear was worn. We calculated Spearman's correlation coefficients, kappa coefficients, and areas under the curve (AUC) for the association between the reference measure and other measures of adherence and wearing time. Proportion of daily steps with prescribed footwear worn had a very strong association (r = 0.96, Κ = 0.93; AUC: 0.96-1.00), objective wearing time had a strong association (r = 0.91, Κ = 0.85, AUC: 0.89-0.99), and subjective wearing time had a weak association (r = 0.42, Κ = 0.38, AUC: 0.67-0.81) with the reference measure. Objectively measured proportion of daily steps with prescribed footwear is a valid measure of footwear adherence. Objective wearing time is reasonably valid, and may be used in clinical practice and for long-term measurements. Subjective wearing time is not recommended to be used.
KW - diabetic foot
KW - foot ulcer
KW - footwear
KW - patient compliance
KW - shoes
KW - treatment adherence and compliance
KW - validation study
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.3390/s23031648
DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/s23031648
M3 - Article
C2 - 36772691
VL - 23
JO - Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
JF - Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
SN - 1424-8220
IS - 3
M1 - 1648
ER -