{
  "abstract": "Introduction Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are highly prevalent and recurrent complications of diabetes mellitus that have significant health and cost implications. Self-care is critical for preventing or delaying DFU and promoting healing, yet adherence to self-care recommendations is low. Interventions using motivational interviewing (MI) have been effective in supporting behaviour change and emotional adjustment, but evidence for DFU is scarce. This study will assess the acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of an MI-guided programme, Healing DFU through Empowerment and Active Listening (HEALing), and its integration in usual wound care practice.Methods and analysis This single-arm pilot study adopts a mixed-methods approach to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the HEALing intervention. HEALing is a practical, low-intensity, clinic-integrated personalised self-care support intervention, comprising three 30 min face-to-face sessions delivered over 6 weeks by trained wound care nurses, aiming to enhance self-care behaviours and support emotional adjustment in patients with DFU. Data will be collected from a battery of questionnaire-based surveys with patients (n=30), and in-depth individual interviews with both patients (n=30) and wound care nurse facilitators (n=10) from nurse-led wound clinics in a large primary care sector in Singapore.The primary feasibility outcomes will include enrolment, retention (≥80%), data completion (≥80% of surveys) and participant satisfaction. Secondary outcomes will include self-report measures of illness perceptions, foot care confidence, diabetes distress, foot self-care behaviour, DFU knowledge, autonomy support and health-related quality of life, taken at baseline and post-intervention. Post-intervention interviews with patients and wound care nurse facilitators will be conducted to collect feedback on the programme and its implementation feasibility.Ethics and dissemination The study protocol has been approved by the local ethics committee, and written informed consent will be obtained from all participants. Findings will be disseminated through the first author’s PhD thesis, peer-reviewed journals, national and international conferences and public events.Trial registration number NCT06540170; Pre-results.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "NHG Polyclinics, NHG Health, Singapore",
        "Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore"
      ],
      "name": "Xiaoli Zhu"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore"
      ],
      "name": "Eng Sing Lee"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China"
      ],
      "name": "Frederick H F Chan"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore"
      ],
      "name": "Ruoyu Yin"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore"
      ],
      "name": "Phoebe X H Lim"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore"
      ],
      "name": "Rachel W S Koh"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Carpenter Judith"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "NHG Polyclinics, NHG Health, Singapore"
      ],
      "name": "Lili Wei"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "NHG Polyclinics, NHG Health, Singapore"
      ],
      "name": "Shen Li"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "NHG Polyclinics, NHG Health, Singapore"
      ],
      "name": "Phaurnsin Phrommarad"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "NHG Polyclinics, NHG Health, Singapore"
      ],
      "name": "Grace H Y Chin"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "NHG Polyclinics, NHG Health, Singapore"
      ],
      "name": "Voon Hooi Lim"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "NHG Polyclinics, NHG Health, Singapore"
      ],
      "name": "Richard S Y Low"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "NHG Polyclinics, NHG Health, Singapore"
      ],
      "name": "Yee Chui Chen"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore"
      ],
      "name": "Konstadina Griva"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Feasibility and acceptability of a personalised self-care support programme for primary care patients with diabetic foot ulcers delivered by wound care nurses: the HEALing study protocol",
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}