The association between foot-care self efficacy beliefs and actual foot-care behaviour in people with peripheral neuropathy: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Characteristics of study population

Variable	n = 96
Male sex (%)	76
Age (years)	64.49 (± 10.73)
Diabetes type (type 2%)	90
Diabetes duration (years)	15.89 (± 11.54)
Education (%)
Completed primary school	6.3
Undertook some secondary school	80.1
Completed secondary school*	6.3
Undertook some university	2.1
Completed undergraduate university degree	3.1
Completed postgraduate university degree	2.1
Living arrangement (%)
Spouse/partner/friends	72
Alone	28
History of foot pathology (%)	70
FCCS score	41.13 (± 10.71)
Preventative behaviour score	0.57 (± 0.14)
Potentially damaging behaviour score	0.20 (± 0.09)

Data are means (± standard deviations), unless otherwise stated
*In Australia, secondary school is generally completed at around 18 years of age, after 12 years of schooling.

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