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Knowledge and practice of diabetic foot prevention among diabetic patients attending Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia: an institutional-based cross-sectional study
Current Research in Public Health
| Vol 3, Issue 2
Table 6. Association between patientspractice, knowledge on diabetic foot prevention, and selected socio-demographicvariables
| Variable | Practice | p-value | |
| Poor n (%) | Good n (%) | ||
| Knowledge on diabetic foot prevention | 0.862 | ||
| Poor | 4 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) | |
| Fair | 70 (76.1) | 22 (23.9) | |
| Good | 204 (78.5) | 56 (21.5) | |
| Age of respondent | 0.264 | ||
| 30 & below | 13 (92.9) | 1 (7.1) | |
| 31 – 60 | 230 (76.4) | 71 (23.6) | |
| Above 60 | 35 (83.3) | 7 (16.7) | |
| Marital Status | 0.168 | ||
| Married | 265 (78.6) | 72 (21.4) | |
| Single | 13 (65.0) | 7 (35.0) | |
| Gender | 0.702 | ||
| Male | 155 (78.7) | 42 (21.3) | |
| Female | 123 (76.9) | 37 (23.1) | |
| Educational level | 0.032* | ||
| None | 103 (81.1) | 24 (18.9) | |
| Madrasa | 59 (84.3) | 11 (15.7) | |
| Primary | 51 (82.3) | 11 (17.7) | |
| Secondary | 53 (67.1) | 26 (32.9) | |
| Tertiary | 12 (63.2) | 7 (36.8) | |