Effect of introduction of elastic compression bandages on quality of life in patients with lower extremity vascular skin ulcers: a prospective study correlating WOUND-Q patient-reported outcome measures and evidence-based medicine.
Marco Gratteri, Giovanni Francesco Marangi, Carlo Mirra, Annalisa Cogliandro, Barbara Cagli, Francesco Segreto, Pier Camillo Parodi, Anna Scarabosio, Luca Savani, Paolo Persichetti
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Abstract
Background: Evidence-based medicine and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are helpful tools in the wound care field, but few studies correlating quality of life (QoL) changes with objective changes exist.
Objective: To investigate the QoL changes following the shift from primary dressings alone to elastic compression bandages in patients with a new diagnosis of vascular skin ulcer, and to evaluate a possible correlation between objective and subjective changes.
Materials and methods: This study included 122 patients with a new diagnosis of vascular skin ulcer, who had previously used only primary dressings alone. The WOUND-Q was administered at time 0, and after 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months of appropriate compression bandage use. Standardized photographs were taken at the first visit. Group 1 consisted of 51 patients (vascular ulcers of mixed origin), group 2 had 31 patients (arterial origin), and group 3 had 40 patients (venous origin). Software was used for statistical analysis.
Results: The ulcer areas decreased by a mean (standard deviation [SD]) of 4.47 (1.76) cm2, 4.06 (0.73) cm2, and 5.04 (0.34) cm2 for groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively, to a mean (SD) area of 3.19 (2.94) cm2, 2.23 (1.78) cm2, and 4.79 (2.56) cm2, respectively, at 12 months. Almost all WOUND-Q values tended to improve over time for the drainage, smell, and life impact scales. The Spearman correlation coefficient r value was 0.3430 for group 1, 0.5893 for group 2, and 0.3959 for group 3 for correlation between the delta of areas and the delta of the life impact.
Conclusion: Introducing compression bandages improved QoL of patients with vascular skin ulcers. Drainage and smell tended to improve over a 1-year period following the switch. A correlation was found between improvements in ulcer area reduction and improvement in life impact scale data.
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Wounds is the most widely read, peer-reviewed journal focusing on wound care and wound research. The information disseminated to our readers includes valuable research and commentaries on tissue repair and regeneration, biology and biochemistry of wound healing, and clinical management of various wound etiologies.
Our multidisciplinary readership consists of dermatologists, general surgeons, plastic surgeons, vascular surgeons, internal medicine/family practitioners, podiatrists, gerontologists, researchers in industry or academia (PhDs), orthopedic surgeons, infectious disease physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. These practitioners must be well equipped to deal with a myriad of chronic wound conditions affecting their patients including vascular disease, diabetes, obesity, dermatological disorders, and more.
Whether dealing with a traumatic wound, a surgical or non-skin wound, a burn injury, or a diabetic foot ulcer, wound care professionals turn to Wounds for the latest in research and practice in this ever-growing field of medicine.
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