Skip to main content

Table 1 Demographic Data of Participants

From: Diabetic foot care: knowledge and practice

Characteristics

Gender

Total (N = 375)

Female (n = 212)

Male (n = 163)

Age, yrs. (mean ± SD)

54.62 ± 12.48

56.40 ± 13.31

55.4 ± 12.9

Education

 Illiterate

80 (37.7)

17 (10.4)

97 (25.9)

 Read and write

5 (2.3)

15 (9.2)

20 (5.3)

 Primary

85 (40)

72 (44.7)

157 (41.9)

 Diploma

29 (13.6)

33 (20.2)

62 (16.5)

 University

16 (7.5)

23 (14.1)

39 (10.4)

Marital status

 Single

200 (94.3)

143 (87.7)

30 (8)

 Married

10 (4.7)

20 (8)

343 (91.4)

 Divorced

1 (0.5)

0 (0)

1 (0.2)

 Widowed

1 (0.5)

0 (0)

1 (0.2)

Occupation

 Civil servant

9 (4.2)

16 (9.8)

25 (6.7)

 Self-employed/business

5 (2.3)

37 (22.6)

42 (11.2)

 House wife

166 (78.3)

0 (0)

166 (44.3)

 Student

7 (3.3)

6 (3.6)

13 (3.5)

 Farmer

17 (8)

33 (20.2)

50 (13.3)

 Retired

8 (3.7)

71 (43.5)

79 (21.1)

Place of residence

 Urban

135 (63.7)

98 (60.1)

233 (62.1)

 Rural

77 (36.3)

65 (39.9)

142 (37.9)

Duration of diabetes (yrs.)

  < 10

116 (54.7)

87 (53.4)

203 (54.1)

  > =10

96 (45.3)

76 (46.6)

172 (45.8)

Diabetic foot ulcer

 Yes

36 (17)

51 (31.3)

87 (23.2)

 No

176 (83)

112 (68.7)

288 (76.8)

History of amputation

 Yes

23 (10.8)

37 (22.7)

60 (16)

 No

189 (89.2)

126 (77.3)

315 (84)

History of hospitalization

 Yes

31 (14.6)

45 (27.6)

76 (20.2)

 No

181 (85.4)

118 (72.4)

299 (79.7)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

 Underweight

3 (1.4)

4 (2.5)

7 (1.9)

 Healthy weight

51 (22.1)

62 (38)

113 (30.1)

 Overweight

92 (43.5)

80 (49.1)

172 (45.9)

 Obesity

66 (31.1)

17 (10.4)

83 (22.1)

Complications(> = 2)

 Yes

10 (4.71)

30 (18.4)

40 (10.6)

 No

202 (95.2)

133 (81.5)

335 (89.3)

Family history of diabetes

 Yes

20 (14.8)

40 (24.5)

60 (16)

 No

192 (90.5)

123 (75.4)

315 (84)

Current smoker

 Yes

15 (7.07)

89 (54.6)

104 (27.7)

 No

197 (92.9)

74 (45.3)

271 (72.2)