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Table 3 Presenting conditions for new and returning clients (percentages)

From: Responding to foot health needs of people experiencing homelessness: the role of a publicly funded community-based podiatry service

 

Number with condition

Total %

N = 295

New client

N = 156

Return client

N = 139

χ2=

P=

Skin and nail pathologies

201

68.1

62.8

74.1

4.31

.038

Footwear

153

51.9

57.1

46.0

3.57

.059

Biomechanical

130

44.1

48.1

39.6

2.16

.142

Fungal

69

23.4

27.6

18.7

3.22

.073

Diabetes

45

15.3

8.3

23.0

12.27

.001*

Acute wound care

34

11.5

16.0

6.5

6.56

.01*

Vascular

25

8.5

11.5

5.0

4.01

.045*

Traumatic injury

17

5.8

8.3

2.9

4.03

.045*

Chronic wound care

14

4.7

2.6

7.2

3.49

.062

Infection

13

4.4

6.4

2.2

3.16

.076

Bacterial infection (PK)

7

2.4

3.8

0.7

 

Too small to test

  1. *Significant at p < 0.05; Bonferroni correction applied to z-tests for independent proportions