Table 3 Association between sociodemographics, footcare belief and self-reported footcare practice (n = 87)

Belief regarding susceptibility to a foot injury

Pearson correlation

Sig. (2-tailed)

.133

.219

− .212^*

.049

− .064

.557

.085

.433

− .101

.352

− .087

.424

− .190

.078

.003

.977

Belief regarding the seriousness of complications

Pearson correlation

Sig. (2-tailed)

.031

.772

− .086

.430

− .102

.347

− .008

.943

− .120

.270

− .065

.549

.008

.940

.055

.614

Self-reported Practice of performing footcare

Pearson correlation

Sig. (2-tailed)

.012

.910

− .160

.138

.163

.131

.093

.391

− .036

.744

− .122

.260

− .188

.082

.111

.307

Self-reported practice of overcoming barriers to performing footcare

Pearson correlation

Sig. (2-tailed)

.032

.767

.016

.882

− .019

.859

− .073

.501

.024

.827

.125

.250

.160

.138

.181

.093