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 (%) |
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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) |
|
|
|