Validation of a new measure of protective footcare behaviour: The Nottingham Assessment of Functional Footcare (NAFF)

Practical Diabetes International

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 207-211

  Lincoln, Nadina B ^a   Jeffcoate, William J ^b   Ince, Paul ^b   Smith, Maureen ^b   Radford, Kate A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot; Education; Foot ulcer; Footcare behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOTTINGHAM ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONAL FOOTCARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

EID: 35649012565     PISSN: 13578170     EISSN: 1528252X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1099     Document Type: Article

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