Table 3.

Self care practices and barriers to foot care in eight-site study

	Total n = 717	White, Hispanic n = 579	African American n = 91	Asian n = 30	American Indian Pacific Islander n = 17	p-value
Self care practices (% Daily)
Looked bottom feet	32	31	35	38	24	0.66
Washed feet	58	56	64	81	59	0.02
Soaked feet for 10 min	10	10	8	16	6	0.58
Tested water temperature	34	32	40	42	35	0.42
Used lubricants	24	19	49	34	18	<0.01
Filed calluses	3	2	6	7	6	0.07
Checked shoes	33	32	43	38	31	0.18
Changed shoes	23	23	21	29	13	0.63
Walked barefoot inside	41	45	28	19	13	<0.01
Barriers to good foot care (%)
I couldn’t see well enough	19	18	16	34	18	0.13
I couldn’t reach my feet	38	38	37	47	41	0.76
I couldn’t afford it	9	8	6	31	7	<0.01
I didn’t think it was important	7	7	1	25	6	<0.01
I didn’t know what to do	10	9	12	19	12	0.32
I knew what to do, but not how to do it	10	9	17	19	0	0.01