Nontraumatic foot complaints in older people. A population-based survey of risk factors, mobility, and well-being.
In a population-based cross-sectional survey conducted in the Netherlands of 7,200 people aged 65 years and older (with a response rate of 79%), 20% of the respondents were found to have nontraumatic foot complaints of more than 4 weeks' duration, often involving the forefoot. Female sex, joint disease, and multimorbidity were found to be risk factors for the presence of foot complaints; older age and obesity were not. Respondents with these complaints had limited mobility and poor perceived well-being.
Gorter
K J
KJ
Department of General Practice, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Kuyvenhoven
M M
MM
de Melker
R A
RA
D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors