Research Article

Infection and Foot Care in Diabetics Seeking Treatment in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha State, India

Table 1

Sociodemographic profile of the respondent diabetics ().

ParametersNumberPercentage/mean ± sd

Age in years12460.6 ± 9.13
Gender
 Male8568.5
 Female3931.4
Education
 Illiterate075.6
 Primary4334.6
 Secondary21.6
 Higher secondary5443.5
 Graduate and above1814.5
Occupation
 Unemployed21.6
 Unskilled1310.4
 Semiskilled and skilled3528.2
 Clerical, shop owner, and farmer129.6
 Semiprofessional129.6
 Housewife2217.7
(56.4% of female subjects)
 Retired2822.5