Table 2: Association between foot care knowledge and demographic and clinical variables.

Variable

 Foot care educated

 

P value

 

OR

 

95% CI for OR

Yes

n (%)

No

n (%)

Age (years)

 

 

 

 

 

< 45

13 (27.1)

35 (72.9)

 

 

 

45-64

47 (23.5)

153 (76.5)

0.603

0.827

0.404-1.692

≥ 65

26 (29.5)

62 (70.5)

0.762

1.129

0.515-2.473

Gender

 

 

 

 

 

Male

52 (28.1)

133 (71.9)

0.243

1.345

0.817-2.215

Female

34 (22.5)

117 (77.5)

 

 

 

Type of diabetes

 

 

 

 

 

Type 1

5 (38.5)

8 (61.5)

0.285

1.867

0.594-5.870

Type 2

81 (25.1)

242 (74.9)

 

 

 

Duration of diabetes (years)

 

 

 

 

 

≤ 10

62 (24.8)

188 (75.2)

0.569

0.852

0.491-1.479

>10

24 (27.9)

62 (72.1)

 

 

 

Glycemic control

 

 

 

 

 

Good

5 (6.6)

10 (4.5)

0.488

1.479

0.489-4.473

Poor

71 (93.4)

210 (95.5)

 

 

 

Neuropathy

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

69 (26.3)

193 (73.7)

0.559

1.199

0.653-2.200

No

17 (23.0)

57 (77.0)

 

 

 

Peripheral artery disease

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

43 (24.4)

133 (75.6)

0.608

0.880

0.539-1.436

No

43 (26.9)

117 (73.1)