Development of basic nursing care for foot care education " SOKUIKU"

本研究的目的是验证基础护理对任何人都能体验到的常见足部问题的效果。受试者是公共援助机构为老年人提供长期护理服务的32名使用者。足部护理干预的内容包括足部观察、足部洗脚、皮肤保湿、合适的指甲钳、足部健康指导等。干预后分别从皮肤状况、卫生状况、如何剪指甲、主观症状、健康相关生活质量等方面观察足部护理效果。这些结果表明，适当的足部护理可以有效地改善足部状态，并提出了作为保护足部健康的护理艺术的可能性。

The purpose of this study was to verify the effect of basic nursing care for common foot problems to experience anyone. The subject was 32 users of Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly. The contents of the foot care intervention were the observation of the foot, foot washing, humidity retention of skin, appropriate nail clippers, health guidance about the foot health. After intervention, foot care effect was observed in a skin state, a hygiene state, the how to cut of the nail, subjective symptoms and health related QOL. These findings showed that appropriate foot care was effective in improving the state of the foot, and possibility as the nursing art to protect the foot health was suggested.