Table 2.
Factors that affect diabetic patients to develop diabetic foot
| Parameter | DM patients with DF N=54 |
DM patients without DF N=25 |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medication used | Oral antidiabetics (%) | 24 (44%) | 20 (80%) | 0.009 |
| Insulin (%) | 11 (20%) | 3 (12%) | ||
| Both (%) | 19 (36%) | 2 (8%) | ||
| Presence of home glucose meter | Yes available (%) | 33 (61%) | 16 (64%) | 0.804 |
| Not available (%) | 21 (39%) | 9 (36%) | ||
| Measuring blood glucose level | Daily (%) | 11 (20%) | 5 (20%) | 0.930 |
| Weekly (%) | 13 (24%) | 7 (28%) | ||
| Rarely (%) | 30 (56%) | 13 (52%) | ||
| Regular physician visit | Yes (%) | 10 (19%) | 8 (32%) | 0.184 |
| No (%) | 44 (81%) | 17 (68%) | ||
| Therapy compliance and adherence | Yes (%) | 32 (59%) | 10 (40%) | 0.110 |
| No (%) | 22 (41%) | 15 (60%) | ||
| Source of used medications | Public diabetic centers (free of charge) (%) | 23 (43%) | 7 (28%) | 0.213 |
| Private community pharmacies (with fee) (%) | 31 (57%) | 18 (72%) | ||
| Knowledge about disease and its complication | Yes (%) | 22 (41%) | 7 (28%) | 0.274 |
| No (%) | 32 (59%) | 18 (72%) | ||
| Knowledge about hyperglycemia symptoms | Yes (%) | 11 (20%) | 7 (28%) | 0.452 |
| No (%) | 43 (80%) | 18 (72%) | ||
| Anyone helps you in your treatment | Yes (%) | 24 (44%) | 10 (40%) | 0.710 |
| No (%) | 30 (56%) | 15 (60%) | ||
| Availability of prescribed medication in public centers | Yes (%) | 3 (13%) | 5 (72%) | 0.002 |
| No (%) | 20 (87%) | 2 (28%) | ||
| Patients who stop treatment if medications are not available freely | Yes (%) | 6 (30%) | 2 (33%) | 0.876 |
| No (%) | 14 (70%) | 4 (67%) | ||
| Regular foot inspection | Yes (%) | 27 (50%) | 8 (32%) | 0.134 |
| No (%) | 27 (50%) | 17 (68%) | ||
| Physical activity | Yes (%) | 41 (76%) | 11 (44%) | 0.005 |
| No (%) | 13 (24%) | 14 (56%) |
DM: diabetes mellitus; DF: diabetic foot.