Table 1 Demographics of participants – n (%)
| Â | Total responses n=512 | ACT n=8, 1% of total responses | NSW n=104, 20% of total responses | NT n=5, 1% of total responses | QLD n=91, 18% of total responses | SA N=35, 7% of total responses | TAS n=15, 3% of total responses | VIC n=194, 38% of total responses | WA N=60, 12% of total responses |
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Gender | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) |
 Male | 181 (35%) | 1 (12%) | 53 (51%) | 1 (20%) | 29 (32%) | 12 (35%) | 3 (20%) | 59 (30%) | 23 (38%) |
 Female | 329 (64%) | 6 (76%) | 51 (49%) | 4 (80%) | 62 (68%) | 23 (65%) | 12 (80%) | 134 (69%) | 37 (62%) |
 Prefer not to answer | 2 (1%) | 1 (12%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) |
Age group | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) |
 Under 25 | 61 (12%) | 0 (0%) | 16 (15%) | 2 (40%) | 4 (4%) | 1 (2%) | 4 (27%) | 28 (15%) | 6 (10%) |
 25 - 35 | 235 (46%) | 4 (50%) | 47 (45%) | 0 (0%) | 40 (44%) | 14 (40%) | 8 (53%) | 100 (52%) | 22 (37%) |
 36 – 45 | 109 (21%) | 2 (26%) | 25 (24%) | 1 (20%) | 22 (24%) | 9 (26%) | 1 (7%) | 32 (16%) | 17 (28%) |
 46 - 55 | 81 (16%) | 1 (12%) | 10 (9%) | 0 (0%) | 20 (22%) | 9 (26%) | 2 (13%) | 26 (13%) | 13 (22%) |
 56 + | 26 (5%) | 1 (12%) | 6 (7%) | 2 (40%) | 5 (6%) | 2 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (4%) | 2 (3%) |
Working environment | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) |
 Acute Setting | 83 (16%) | 1 (12%) | 12 (12%) | 2 (40%) | 20 (22%) | 9 (26%) | 0 (0%) | 31 (15%) | 8 (13%) |
 Sub-acute Setting | 24 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 7 (7%) | 3 (9%) | 3 (20%) | 7 (4%) | 3 (5%) |
 Community Health | 104 (20%) | 5 (63%) | 6 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 18 (20%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (20%) | 67 (35%) | 5 (8%) |
 Private Practice | 280 (55%) | 2 (25%) | 81 (77%) | 1 (20%) | 40 (44%) | 20 (56%) | 9 (60%) | 83 (43%) | 44 (74%) |
 Other* | 21 (4%) | 0 (0.00%) | 4 (4%) | 2 (40%) | 6 (7%) | 3 (9%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (3%) | 0 (0%) |
Podiatry Qualification | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) |
 Diploma | 53 (10%) | 1 (13%) | 12 (12%) | 1 (20%) | 17 (19%) | 7 (20%) | 1 (7%) | 6 (3%) | 8 (13%) |
 Bachelor | 362 (71%) | 6 (75%) | 74 (71%) | 2 (40%) | 68 (75%) | 27 (78%) | 10 (67%) | 134 (69%) | 41 (68%) |
 Masters | 77 (15%) | 0 (0%) | 14 (13%) | 1 (20%) | 3 (3%) | 0 (0.00%) | 2 (13%) | 50 (26%) | 7 (12%) |
 Other* | 20 (4%) | 1 (12%) | 4 (4%) | 1 (20%) | 3 (3%) | 1 (2%) | 2 (13%) | 4 (2%) | 4 (7%) |
| Â | n=510 | n=8 | n=104 | n=5 | n=91 | n=35 | n=15 | n=192 | n=60 |
Years of practice | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) |
 0-2 | 71 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 18 (17%) | 2 (40%) | 8 (9%) | 3 (9%) | 4 (27%) | 29 (15%) | 7 (12%) |
 3-5 | 80 (16%) | 1 (13%) | 27 (26%) | 0 (0%) | 9 (10%) | 4 (11%) | 1 (6%) | 28 (14%) | 10 (16%) |
 6-10 | 133 (26%) | 3 (37%) | 23 (22%) | 0 (0%) | 29 (32%) | 6 (17%) | 4 (27%) | 59 (31%) | 9 (15%) |
 11-15 | 77 (15%) | 2 (25%) | 8 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 12 (13%) | 8 (23%) | 4 (27%) | 37 (20%) | 6 (10%) |
 15+ | 149 (29%) | 2 (25%) | 28 (27%) | 3 (60%) | 33 (36%) | 14 (40%) | 2 (13%) | 39 (20%) | 28 (47%) |
| Â | n=488 | n=8 | n=104 | n=5 | n=85 | n=33 | n=14 | n=184 | n=55 |
% of patients with diabetes (per week) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n (%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) |
 < 25% | 91 (19%) | 0 (0%) | 21 (21%) | 0 (0%) | 15 (18%) | 11 (33%) | 2 (13%) | 30 (16%) | 12 (22%) |
 26-50% | 164 (34%) | 3 (37%) | 42 (41%) | 1 (20%) | 22 (26%) | 8 (24%) | 5 (38%) | 63 (34%) | 20 (36%) |
 51-75% | 116 (24%) | 3 (37%) | 24 (23%) | 2 (40%) | 20 (23%) | 6 (19%) | 3 (21%) | 45 (25%) | 13 (24%) |
 76%+ | 117 (23%) | 2 (26%) | 17 (15%) | 2 (40%) | 28 (33%) | 8 (24%) | 4 (38%) | 46 (25%) | 10 (18%) |