Observational studyJournal of foot and ankle research2018
Independent factors associated with wearing different types of outdoor footwear in a representative inpatient population: a cross-sectional study.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Understanding Footwear Needs: A Conceptual Review.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2025Pooled it
- Remotely Delivered Monitoring and Management of Diabetes-Related Foot Disease: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2023Pooled it
- Temporal Trends in Distal Symmetric Polyneuropathy in Type 2 Diabetes: The Fremantle Diabetes Study.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2024Observational
- Patients' Buying Behavior for Non-Reimbursed Off-Loading Devices Used in Diabetic Foot Ulcer Treatment-An Observational Study during COVID-19 Pandemic from a Romanian Physical Therapy Unit.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Footwear characteristics and foot problems in community dwelling people with stroke: a cross-sectional observational study.Disability and rehabilitation · 2023Observational
- Knee-High Devices Are Gold in Closing the Foot Ulcer Gap: A Review of Offloading Treatments to Heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Review
- Factors associated with type of footwear worn inside the house: a cross-sectional study.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2019Article
- Gender differences in attitudes and attributes of people using therapeutic shoes for diabetic foot complications.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2019Observational
- Special theme article: science and sociology of footwear.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundFootwear can have both a positive and negative impact on lower limb health and mobility across the lifespan, influencing the risk of foot pain, ulceration, and falls in those at risk. Choice of footwear can be influenced by disease as well as sociocultural factors, yet few studies have investigated the types of footwear people wear and the profiles of those who wear them. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with outdoor footwear type worn most often in a representative inpatient population.
methodsThis study was a secondary data analysis of a cohort of 733 inpatients that is highly representative of developed nations' hospitalised populations; 62 ± 19 years, 55.8% male, and 23.5% diabetes. Socio-demographic, medical history, peripheral arterial disease, peripheral neuropathy, foot deformity, foot ulcer history, amputation history and past foot treatment variables were collected. Participants selected the footwear type they mostly wore outside the house in the previous year from 16 types of footwear. Multivariate logistic regression identified independent factors associated with outdoor footwear types selected.
resultsThe most common outdoor footwear types were: running shoes (20%), thongs/flip flops (14%), walking shoes (14%), sandals (13%) and boots (11%). Several socio-demographic, medical history and foot-related factors were independently associated (Odds Ratio; 95% Confidence Interval)) with different types of footwear. Running shoes were associated with male sex (2.7; 1.8-4.1); thongs with younger age (0.95 for each year; 0.94-0.97), being female (2.0; 1.2-3.1) and socio-economic status (3.1; 1.2-7.6); walking shoes with arthritis (1.9; 1.2-3.0); sandals with female sex (3.8; 2.3-6.2); boots with male sex (9.7; 4.3-21.6) and inner regional (2.6; 1.3-5.1) and remote (3.4; 1.2-9.5) residence (all,
conclusionsWe profiled the types of outdoor footwear worn most in a large diverse inpatient population and the factors associated with wearing them. Sex was the most consistent factor associated with outdoor footwear type. Females were more likely to wear thongs and sandals and males boots and running shoes. Overall, this data gives insights into the socio-demographic, medical and other health factors that are related to footwear choice in a large diverse population primarily of older age.
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