Does the Diabetic Foot Have a Significant Impact on Selected Psychological or Social Characteristics of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus?
Table 3
The comparison of selected demographic and social characteristics including self-support between the study groups.
Evaluated parameters
DF group ()*
C group ()**
value
Education level
Basic education/training (% of patients)
30.4
8.4
Secondary without leaving exam (% of patients)
25.5
16.7
NS
Secondary with leaving exam (% of patients)
30.4
33.3
NS
University (% of patients)
13.7
41.7
Employment status
Full-time job (% of patients)
11.7
29.2
Part-time job (% of patients)
4.9
2.1
NS
Business (% of patients)
4.9
18.8
Old age pension (% of patients)
34
39.6
NS
Disability pension (% of patients)
41.7
6.2
Others (% of patients)
2.9
4.2
NS
Self-support
Fully self-support (% of patients)
38.1
87.2
Partially self-support (% of patients)
55.7
12.8
Fully dependent on the assistance of other persons (% of patients)
6.2
0
NS
DF group included patients with the DF; C group included diabetic controls; using logistic regression analysis after adjustment for diabetes duration; using logistic regression analysis after adjustment for diabetes duration.
