Open AccessFootwear habits and general health in middle‐aged women: a retrospective ten year study
Author(s) -
Bowen Catherine,
Culliford David,
Arden Nigel
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of foot and ankle research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.763
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1757-1146
DOI - 10.1186/1757-1146-7-s2-a2
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , qualitative research , rehabilitation , longitudinal study , gerontology , intervention (counseling) , affect (linguistics) , physical therapy , nursing , psychology , social science , communication , pathology , sociology
Background Success of footwear as a modifiable intervention is complex and various qualitative studies have revealed that for women in particular shoes form an important part of clothing, self-identity and self-esteem. Whilst it is accepted that heel height may be an important differentiating characteristic of shoes that affect biomechanical function there is very little epidemiological longitudinal data that investigates other factors such as health and well-being. The objective of this study was to describe the footwear habits and relationship of this to general health in middle-aged women over a 10-year period.