Organizational changes in diabetic foot care practices for patients at low and moderate risk after implementing a comprehensive foot care program in Alberta, Canada

Table 2 Respondent and site characteristics in 2014 (n = 104) and 2019 (n = 75)

	2014		2019		P-value*
Profession of Respondent	N	%	n	%	0.051
Registered Nurse	44	42	29	39
Licensed Practical Nurse	4	4	14	19
Manager or Instructor or Educator	22	21	15	20
Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist or Pharmacist or Registered Dietitian	8	8	10	13
Physician or Nurse Practitioner	9	9	5	6
Other	5	5	2	3
No response	11	11	0	0
Zone
North	39	38	16	21	0.022
Edmonton	27	25	20	27
Central	18	17	13	17
Calgary	6	6	16	21
South	13	13	8	11
Federal or provincial	1	1	2	3
Area of practice (more than 1 answer possible)	Total 172 responses	%	Total 91 responses	%
Primary health care	24	14	21	23	0.27
Outpatient	33	19	13	14
Acute care	20	12	8	9
Wound clinic	19	11	7	8
Homecare or long-term care (HC/LTC)	43	25	23	25
Community care	19	11	8	9
Other^a	11	6	11	12
No response	3	2	0	0
Service level provided
Basic foot screening	58	56	55	73	0.016
No	44		19
No response	2		1
Assesses for moderate risk	34	33	36	48	0.044
No	62		29
No response	8		10
Assesses for high risk	34	33	35	47	0.019
No	60		28
No response	20		12

*p-value < 0.05 by Chi-squared Test or Fisher’s Exact Test was considered significant. Analyses did not include “no response” as an option
^aOther includes categories with < 5 responses: Rural diabetes program, emergency department or intensive care unit, private/independent service, rehabilitation centre, renal clinic, other

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