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Foot health in older people and the nurses’ role in foot health care–a review of literature
Author(s) -
Stolt Minna,
Suhonen Riitta,
Voutilainen Päivi,
LeinoKilpi Helena
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1471-6712
pISSN - 0283-9318
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2009.00700.x
Subject(s) - cinahl , foot (prosody) , health care , medicine , nursing , medline , podiatry , foot care , family medicine , alternative medicine , psychological intervention , diabetic foot , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , endocrinology , political science , law , economics , diabetes mellitus , economic growth
Scand J Caring Sci; 2010; 24; 194–201Foot health in older people and the nurses’ role in foot health care–a review of literatureAims: To describe foot health in older people and the role of nurses in foot health care. There is value in developing preventive measures in foot health care in older people, in creating educational programmes for nurses of foot care and in developing foot health evaluation instrument for nurses. Methods: The literature was retrieved from the Medline and CINAHL databases between 1980 and January 2008. Altogether 35 articles were reviewed. Findings: Based on the review, older people have a variety of foot health problems. Nurses have a theoretical knowledge of foot care, but they do not consider their clinical skills adequate. Conclusions: Future research should focus on evaluating in which areas of foot care nurses’ knowledge is strongest and how effective their foot caring activities are. Nurses work closely with older people and are in a position to identify and prevent their foot health problems.