Foot care knowledge and practices among Japanese nurses and care workers in home care and adult service center: a cross- sectional study

Table 5 Correlation between knowledge and practice scores and demographic characteristics and daily number of clients

	Total knowledge score				Total practice score
	n	Spearman’s correlation coefficient		pvalue	n	Spearman’s correlation coefficient		pvalue
Nurse (n = 62)
Age	57	0.087		0.521	50	0.109		0.451
Working experience in the current profession	56	0.012		0.929	48	0.013		0.928
Number of clients cared for per day	60	−0.073		0.580	52	−.301		0.030*
Care workers (n = 170)
Age	164	−0.080		0.306	142	0.117		0.165
Working experience in the current profession	158	0.069		0.387	137	0.332		0.000***
	Total knowledge score				Total practice score
	n	Mean	SD	p value	n	Mean	SD	p value
Nurse (n = 62)
Male	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–
Female	59	25.1	2.4	–	51	65.5	13.6
Work status: part time	33	25.3	2.5	0.708	25	61.4	13.8	0.023*
Work status: full time	27	25.0	2.4	0.708	27	69.9	12.3	0.023*
Care workers (n = 170)
Male	26	22.6	5.7	0.875	25	55.1	13.4	0.26
Female	139	22.4	4.6	0.875	117	58.3	13.1	0.26
Work status: part time	63	21.8	5.2	0.195	51	53.1	12.4	0.001**
Work status: full time	101	22.8	4.4	0.195	90	60.5	12.9	0.001**

Age, working experience in the current profession, and number of clients for per day were analyzed using “test for no correlation”
Sex and working status were analyzed using Student’s t-test
*p < 0.05
**p < 0.01
*** p < 0.001

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