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Table 5 Personal hygiene behaviour of lymphoedema patients in the study area, N = 280

From: Foot care practice and associated factors among patients with lymphoedema in Boreda district, Gamo zone, southern Ethiopia, 2020. Implications for elimination of podoconiosis and lymphatic filariasis

Variables

Category

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Situations in which patients walk barefooted

Never barefooted

167

59.6

No habit of shoe wearing

7

2.5

Barefooted when farming

33

11.8

Barefooted when at home

73

26.1

Age at which shoes worn

20 year or below

196

70

Above 20 year

84

30

Number of pairs of shoes owned

Only one pair

55

19.6

Two pair

186

66.4

Three or more pair

39

14

Number of pairs of shoes needed per year

4 or less pairs

177

63.2

Above 4 pairs

103

36.8

Conditions where patients take care their legs

Wash legs with water and soap

137

49

Wash legs with water only

56

20

No habit of washing legs

0

0

Washed legs last night

246

87.9

Washed lags daily last week

215

76.8