Infection and Foot Care in Diabetics Seeking Treatment in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha State, India

Table 1

Sociodemographic profile of the respondent diabetics ().

Parameters	Number	Percentage/mean ± sd
Age in years	124	60.6 ± 9.13
Gender
Male	85	68.5
Female	39	31.4
Education
Illiterate	07	5.6
Primary	43	34.6
Secondary	2	1.6
Higher secondary	54	43.5
Graduate and above	18	14.5
Occupation
Unemployed	2	1.6
Unskilled	13	10.4
Semiskilled and skilled	35	28.2
Clerical, shop owner, and farmer	12	9.6
Semiprofessional	12	9.6
Housewife	22	17.7; (56.4% of female subjects)
Retired	28	22.5