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The research was completed with 57 older people (28 intervention group, 29 control group) over the age of 60 living in a nursing home who met the eligibility criteria. Data were collected using the Older Person Identification Form, Foot Examination Form, Foot Care Knowledge Level Form, and Foot Care Behavior Scale at baseline and 6\u2009months later. When assessing the study data; Descriptive statistics, Student <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\u2010test, Mann Whitney <jats:italic>U<\/jats:italic> test, Wilcoxon signed ranks test, chi\u2010square test, continuity (Yates) correction, Fisher exact chi\u2010square test, McNemar test and GEE were used.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>At the end of the research, there were statistically significant improvements in problems related to dermatology (appearance, hygiene, and moisture); problems related to circulation (temperature); problems related to sensory issues (feeling and pain); problems related to footwear; and problems related to self\u2010care between the intervention and control groups. Also, there were statistically significant improvements in problems related to dermatology (appearance and hygiene); problems related to circulation (temperature, color, and edema); and problems related to sensory issues (feeling and pain) for the posttest compared to the pretest in the intervention group (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.05). In terms of foot care knowledge level and foot care behavior scale mean scores, statistically significant differences were found between the groups and for the intervention group pretest and posttest mean scores.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The foot care protocol applied to older people was identified to reduce foot problems by a significant level, and increase mean points for knowledge levels about foot care and the foot care behavior scale.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/scs.12949","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,4]],"date-time":"2021-01-04T10:18:04Z","timestamp":1609755484000},"page":"1278-1289","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["The effect of foot care protocol applied to older people on foot health problems and foot care behaviours: a randomised controlled trial in a nursing home"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"35","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8102-6795","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Asl\u0131han","family":"\u00c7at\u0131ker","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing Ordu University Faculty of Health Sciences Ordu Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1722-4647","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Handan","family":"Zincir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Nursing Public Health Nursing Department Erciyes University Kayseri Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1325-0549","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emine \u00dcmit","family":"Sevi\u011f","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Nursing, Public Health Nursing Department Near East University Nicosia\/TRNC Cyprus"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_12_2_1","unstructured":"StoltM.Foot Health in Older People Development of a Preventive Evaluative Instrument For Nurses.University of Turku\/Nursing Science Finland 2013. 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