Table 1 Participants’ characteristics (n = 251)
From: Foot self-care competence reported by patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study
Background variables | f | % |
|---|---|---|
Age, years | Median, 69 (interquartile range, 14) | |
Sex | ||
Female | 216 | 87 |
Male | 33 | 13 |
Education | ||
Four to eight years of elementary school | 85 | 34 |
Nine years of elementary school | 90 | 36 |
High school | 76 | 30 |
Employment status | ||
Manager | 7 | 3 |
Employee | 61 | 24 |
Entrepreneur | 8 | 3 |
Retired | 172 | 69 |
Unemployed | 2 | 1 |
Self-perceived importance of foot health | ||
Very important | 184 | 73 |
Important | 54 | 22 |
Somewhat important | 13 | 5 |
Sought professional health care for foot problems | ||
Yes | 139 | 56 |
No | 111 | 44 |
Self-evaluated foot self-care knowledge level | ||
Very good | 16 | 6 |
Good | 123 | 49 |
Not good, not poor | 94 | 38 |
Poor | 16 | 6 |
Very poor | 1 | 1 |
Received sufficient foot self-care patient education from health care professional | ||
Yes | 112 | 46 |
No | 133 | 54 |