Table 3 Frequency of responses and binary logistic regression values (with odds ratio) for predicting the likelihood of players wearing netball-specific shoes and their footwear for other activities, experiencing foot-related problems and foot pain and whether their foot pain was caused by the shoes they wore during netball and/or had any impact on their sporting performance, based on sex while controlling for competition level
Total | Male | Female | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
Wear shoes for other activities than netball | |||||
Yes | 1065 (36.4) | 124 (44.4) | 941 (35.6) | 0.57a | < 0.001** |
No | 1860 (63.6) | 155 (55.6) | 1705 (64.4) | (0.44–0.74) | |
Netball-specific shoe wear | |||||
Yes | 2325 (80.4) | 89 (32.6) | 2236 (85.4) | 13.22 | < 0.001** |
No | 566 (19.6) | 184 (67.4) | 382 (14.6) | (9.87–17.7) | |
Not specified | 34 (0.0) | 6 (0.0) | 28 (0.0) | ||
Foot-related problems | |||||
Yes | 2081 (84.3) | 204 (81.6) | 1877 (84.5) | 1.5 | 0.028* |
No | 389 (15.7) | 46 (18.4) | 343 (15.5) | (1.05–2.14) | |
Not specified | 455 (0.0) | 29 (0.0) | 426 (0.0) | ||
Foot pain | |||||
Yes | 1185 (56.8) | 114 (54.3) | 1071 (57.0) | 1.08 | 0.612 |
No | 903 (43.2) | 96 (45.7) | 807 (43.0) | (0.80–1.45) | |
Foot pain is caused by the shoes worn during netball | |||||
Yes | 740 (57.7) | 98 (67.6) | 642 (56.4) | 0.61a | 0.010* |
No | 543 (42.3) | 47 (32.4) | 496 (43.6) | (0.42–0.89) | |
Foot pain has impacted performance | |||||
Yes | 466 (63.4) | 64 (65.3) | 402 (63.1) | 0.87a | 0.567 |
No | 269 (36.6) | 34 (34.7) | 235 (36.9) | (0.55–1.39) | |