Participant characteristics (number (%) or mean±SD unless otherwise stated)*
| Characteristics | Total |
| Numbers | 57 |
| Sociodemographic factors | |
| Age (years) | 56 (10) |
| Males | 45 (78.9%) |
| Living with family | 53 (93.0%) |
| Secondary school education | 25 (43.9%) |
| Retired | 20 (35.1%) |
| Family income (JD)* | 400 (312–700) |
| Physiological factors | |
| Health | |
| Type 2 diabetes | 54 (94.7%) |
| Duration of diabetes (years) | 17.2 (7.3) |
| HbA1c (%, mmol/L) | 8.9 (2.0) |
| BMI | 30.9 (6.3) |
| Mean steps* | 2758 (1729–4726) |
| Dyslipidemia | 28 (49.1%) |
| End-stage renal failure | 3 (5.3%) |
| Heart failure | 7 (12.3%) |
| Hypertension | 32 (56.1%) |
| Myocardial infarction | 6 (10.5%) |
| Osteoarthritis | 7 (12.3%) |
| Retinopathy | 22 (38.6%) |
| Limb | |
| Neuropathy | 41 (71.9%) |
| PAD | 16 (28.1%) |
| Foot deformities | 41 (71.9%) |
| Minor amputations | 16 (28.1%) |
| Major amputations | 0 (0) |
| Ulcer | |
| History of previous ulceration | 38 (67.9%) |
| Duration of ulcer (weeks)* | 16 (5–38) |
| Ulcer size (cm2)* | 1.5 (0.5–5.0) |
| Deep ulcer (UTWCS grade 2 or 3) | 25 (43.9%) |
| Ulcer infection | 29 (58.0%) |
| Duration of RCW (weeks)* | 12 (4–32) |
| Psychosocial factors | |
| FCCS | 48.9 (10.2) |
| FCOES | 67.3 (10.2) |
| PIN: self/practitioner blames | 14.8 (3.0) |
| PIN: physical causes of DFU | 16 (2.6) |
| PIN: acute ulcer onset | 11.2 (1.9) |
| NQOL: foot pain | 6.2 (3.2) |
| NQOL: loss of feeling | 7.6 (5.2) |
| NQOL: motor neuropathy | 7.2 (4.7) |
| Level of comfort (VAS)* | 5 (5–10) |
| Ability to perform daily life activities (VAS)* | 5 (5–7) |
| Alteration in activity level (VAS)* | 5 (5–8) |
| Alteration in sleep (VAS)* | 5 (0–5) |
| Level of satisfaction (VAS)* | 6 (5–10) |
| Re-wearing the offloading device in the future (VAS)* | 9 (5–10) |
| Heaviness of the RCW (VAS)* | 5 (5–6.5) |
| Difficulty in applying the RCW (VAS)* | 5 (2.5–5.5) |
| Always having social support when applying the RCW | 21 (36.8%) |
| Totally agree that non-adherence to wearing RCW in few steps is not harmful | 15 (23.3%) |
*Displayed as median (IQR).
BMI, body mass index; DFU, diabetes-related foot ulcer; FCCS, foot care confidence scale; FCOES, footcare outcomes expectations scale; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; JD, Jordanian Dinar; NQOL, neuropathy-specific quality of life; PAD, peripheral arterial disease; PIN, patient interpretation of neuropathy; RCW, removable cast walker; UTWCS, University of Texas wound classification system; VAS, visual analogue scale.