Jaap contributes to data-driven care.
12 May 2025
Jaap has diabetes and wears orthopaedic shoes. He participated in our study on adherence combined with Motivational Interviewing, where an Orthotimer was placed in his shoes.
Jaap recounts.
"In the past, I have had wounds, on both feet. I also had to have an amputation done on one of my feet. Because of the foot problems I have, regular visits to the podiatrist are necessary. I am very happy with that, because that way my feet are monitored closely. At some point, the recommendation for orthopaedic shoes came along with that."
nice orthopaedic shoes.
"Initially, I did not want orthopaedic shoes because I had an image of 'big clog shoes'. Fortunately, I was proven wrong when I had an appointment with the orthopaedic shoemaker. It turned out that I could walk on very nice shoes - adapted of course, that is."
A chip in Jaap's shoes.
"During the visit, I was asked to participate in a study on the wearing time of shoes. The request was to be allowed to place a chip in my shoes, which would be used to monitor wear time every three months. I immediately said "Yes", because I think it is important to gain insights in this field that will help not only myself, but all other people with these problems. I regularly hear that people leave their customised shoes in the closet. I think that is not only a waste of all the time and energy, but above all very unhealthy. I hope that studies like this one will give us some more insight into this, so that we can properly determine which way to go in order to improve the wearing time of people.
I think it is important that through research, insights emerge that help all people with these problems move forward."
"I immediately said 'yes' to the study."