Research Article
Incidence and Risk Factors of Diabetic Foot Ulcer: A Population-Based Diabetic Foot Cohort (ADFC Study)—Two-Year Follow-Up Study
Table 4
Comparison of preventive foot care in patients developing and not developing DFU.
| | Variable | All patients () | Patients developing DFU () | Patients not developing DFU () | value |
| | Washing the feet daily | | | | 0.976 | | Yes | 304 (56.9) | 17 (56.7) | 287 (56.9) | | | No | 230 (43.1) | 13 (43.3) | 217 (43.1) | | | Daily feet self-examination | | | | 0.266 | | Yes | 120 (22.5) | 4 (13.3) | 116 (23) | | | No | 414 (77.5) | 26 (86.7) | 388 (77) | | | Drying the feet after washing | | | | 0.757 | | Yes | 54 (10.1) | 2 (6.7) | 52 (10.3) | | | No | 480 (89.9) | 28 (93.3) | 452 (89.7) | | | Moisturizing the feet | | | | 0.617 | | Yes | 108 (20.2) | 5 (16.7) | 103 (20.4) | | | No | 426 (79.8) | 25 (83.3) | 401 (79.6) | | | Walking barefoot | | | | 0.999 | | Yes | 14 (2.6) | 0 (0) | 14 (2.8) | | | No | 520 (97.4) | 30 (100) | 490 (97.2) | | | Putting the feet close to the heater | | | | 0.561 | | Yes | 60 (11.2) | 2 (6.7) | 58 (11.5) | | | No | 474 (88.8) | 28 (93.3) | 446 (88.5) | | | Wearing slippers at home | | | | 0.222 | | Yes | 39 (7.3) | 0 (0) | 39 (7.7) | | | No | 495 (92.7) | 30 (100) | 465 (92.3) | | | Wearing suitable socks | | | | 0.999 | | Yes | 48 (9) | 2 (6.7) | 46 (9.1) | | | No | 486 (91) | 28 (93.3) | 458 (90.9) | |
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All are presented in number (%). |
