Prevalence of foot problems and its related associations in Intellectually Disable (Special Olympic) Indian...

To determine the prevalence of foot problems and its related associations in different regions across India among people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) stratified by age and gender.

A survey was done among a randomly chosen sample of 1517 Indian inhabitants (8-50 years of age) residing in different regions of the country under the drive named Healthy Athlete (HA) Fit Feet Screening Program of Special Olympics Bharat. Chi-Square test is used to draw an inference of prevalence of different foot conditions among the population from different age groups and from different genders.

The percentage of Healthy Athletes with the normal foot in Bhiwadi, Warangal, Ajmer, Bhopal, Guwahati, and Jodhpur was 48.14%, 53.92%, 55.82%, 27.31%, 54.47%, and 76.34%. The percentage of athletes with foot problems from these areas was 53.08%, 46.07%, 44.1%, 72.69%, 45.53%, and 26.35%. Moreover, on analyzing the athletes with foot problems on the basis of the age group, it was found that the middle age group athletes from Bhopal had the highest incidence of more frequent foot problems. Furthermore, on comparing the prevalence of foot problem on basis of gender it was found that female athletes have more prevalence than men.

The numerical results indicate the middle age group subjects have statistically significant higher tendencies towards the foot problems in contrast to the lower and the higher age group subjects Also, the prevalence of the foot problems and their related associations in women are higher compared to men.