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Table 2 Daily wearing time (hours/day) for all days, Saturday, Sunday, and weekdays per subgroup

From: Objectively assessed long-term wearing patterns and predictors of wearing orthopaedic footwear in people with diabetes at moderate-to-high risk of foot ulceration: a 12 months observational study

Subgroup

% (N)

Full measurement period

Weekdaysk

Saturday

Sunday

Total

100 (61)

8.3 (6.1)

8.7 (6.0)gi

8.0 (6.1)di

6.9 (6.2)cf

Non-adherent (< 60%)

66 (40)

5.8 (5.3)a

6.2 (5.3)fi

5.4 (5.3)ci

4.3 (5.0)cf

Medium adherent (≥ 60 < 80%)

16 (10)

11.4 (4.8)a

12.0 (4.6)

11.0 (4.2)

9.1 (5.7)

Adherent (≥ 80%)

18 (11)

14.7 (3.1)a

14.8 (3.1)

14.7 (3.1)

14.3 (2.9)

CVlow

33 (20)

12.7 (4.3)b

13.0 (4.2)

12.3 (4.2)

11.6 (4.8)

CVmid

34 (21)

8.0 (5.3)b

8.4 (5.2)j

8.2 (5.4)j

6.1 (5.4)dg

CVhigh

33 (20)

3.6 (4.8)b

4.0 (4.9)hj

2.8 (4.5)e

2.3 (4.4)d

  1. Data are expressed as mean (standard deviation)
  2. Abbreviations: CV coefficient of variation. CV tertile cut-off levels: CVlow ≤ 0.45, CVhigh > 0.81
  3. aP < 0.01 significantly differences between adherent subgroups
  4. bP < 0.001 significantly differences between CV tertiles
  5. cP < 0.001 significantly different from weekdays
  6. dP < 0.01 significantly different from weekdays
  7. eP < 0.05 significantly different from weekdays
  8. fP < 0.001 significantly different from Saturday
  9. gP < 0.01 significantly different from Saturday
  10. hP < 0.05 significantly different from Saturday
  11. iP < 0.001 significantly different from Sunday
  12. jP < 0.01 significantly different from Sunday
  13. kWeekdays: Monday through Friday