Frequency of foot pain and its interrelation with footwear among female participants in surat district

Background: Foot pain can be acutely disabling for people of any age. There are multiple factors which are responsible for producing foot pain such as: ill-fitted footwear, chronic degenerative diseases, and increased age. Aim: This study was conducted to determine the frequency of foot pain and its association with footwear in females, and also to determine the activities that get compromised due to the foot pain. Methods: A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out among female. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed among 405 females aged 18 to 45 years. Google forms were sent through the internet participants in Surat. Results: More than half (54.20%) of the participants reported foot pain in the last one year using NRS (numeric rating scale). 62.80% of the participants thought that this pain is associated with footwear. Among the footwear choices, Chappal was the first choice chosen by female participants followed by shoes, sandal, mojdi, juti, flip flop and heels respectively. Statistically, an association was found between foot pain and foot wear with a p-value of less than 0.05. Also, it is statistically proven that most of the household activities get compromised due to the foot pain, while no significance was found between other activities such as studies, walk/jog, travelling with the foot pain. Conclusion: The study has shown that more than half of the participants experienced foot pain who chose the hard sole chappal, regular shoes, flat sandals, pointed mojdi and soft sole flip flops Along with it mostly the house hold activities get compromise due to foot pain in participants.