FOOTWEAR CHOICES FOR PAINFUL FEET
utilized to establish emotions about footwear
worn, characteristics of the shoe and purchase
influences when shopping for shoes. This
multifaceted questionnaire has previously been
validated for footwear choice [16] and follows 3
themes;
1) Footwear Fit – designed to collect data on
shoe sizing, measurements, width fittings and
advice taken on fit.
2) Footwear Purchases – Styling and type of
shoe purchased including the number of shoes
and reason for purchase.
3) Emotions associated with Footwear –
Particularly how often each style of shoe is
worn, comfort of shoe, negative and positive
emotions as well as self-esteem
The questionnaire specifically explored
information on shoe purchases over the previous
DATA ANALYSIS
Differences between each age group in foot
length and width as well as shoe length and
width were assessed with an independent-
samples t-test.
Footwear categories were grouped into the
following 6 styled types:
1) Slip-ons (mules, loafers and pumps),
2) Formal (court and dress shoes),
3) Open-toed (sandals and flip flops),
4) Boots,
40-59 (N 32) 61 + (N 35) P VALUE
GROUP A GROUP B A VS B
AGE, Y 52.8 +/− 5.9 74.2 +/− 8.5 —
WEIGHT, KG 63.9 +/− 25.5 50.5 +/−32.1 —
HEIGHT, CM 152.9 +/− 43.3 121 +/− 72.4 —
Length 23.8 +/−3 24 +/−1 0.713
Width 9.7 +/−2.9 9.5+/− 0.5 0.311
Length 25.8 +/− 3.5 26.1 +/− 1 0.175
Width 10.2 +/− 3.2 9.5 +/−0.5 0.04*
TABLE 1
FOOT SIZE,
CM
SHOE SIZE,
CM
*p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant
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6–months. Consistency of the scales used for the
questionnaire responses showed good internal
reliability with Cronbach alpha coefficient
reported for purchase influences of 0.854,
characteristics of 0.927 and emotions of 0.719.
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TABLE 1: Group demographics for age
(years), weight (Kg) height (cm) and
foot size (cm). Differences between
group A and B for foot size and shoe
size are presented.
TABLE 2: Frequency of participants
footwear choices in each group A
and B, for the Footwear category
worn to clinic on the day of testing
as well as the incidence of presenting
symptoms.