Telemedicine Versus Standard Follow-Up Care for Diabetes-Related Foot Ulcers: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Noninferiority Trial (DiaFOTo)

Marjolein M Iversen   ^{1, 2} , RN, PhD ;   Birgitte Espehaug   ² , PhD ;   Marie F Hausken   ¹ , RN ;   Marit Graue   ² , RN, PhD ;   Truls Østbye   ^{3, 4} , PhD, MD ;   Svein Skeie   ¹ , PhD, MD ;   John G Cooper   ¹ , MD ;   Grethe S Tell   ⁴ , MPH, PhD ;   Bodo Erhardt Günther   ⁵ , PhD, MD ;   Håvard Dale   ⁶ , PhD, MD ;   Hilde Smith-Strøm   ² , RN, MSc ;   Beate-Christin H Kolltveit   ² , RN, MSc ;   Marit Kirkevold   ⁷ , RN, EdD ;   Berit Rokne   ⁴ , RN, PhD

¹ Section of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, NO

² Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bergen University College, Bergen, NO

³ Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, US

⁴ Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, NO

⁵ Department of Surgery, Stord General Hospital, Stord, NO

⁶ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, NO

⁷ Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, NO