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Internal consistency and reliability of the Swiss-French translation of the venous leg ulcer self efficacy tool (VeLUSET) [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2019 Objective This study was conducted to assess the psychometric properties of the translated and adapted Venous Leg Ulcer Self Efficacy Tool (VeLUSET) in the new cultural context.Design Validation studySetting Three outpatient clinics in Western ...
Sebastian Probst +2 more
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Health-related quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcer treated in primary care in Brazil and Portugal. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Venous ulcers constitute an important public health problem as they can cause disability with consequences for multiple dimensions of quality of life.To describe the quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcer treated in primary care in two cities ...
Sandra Maria da Solidade Simões de Oliveira Torres +10 more
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How health literacy relates to venous leg ulcer healing: A scoping review. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 BackgroundThe level of personal health literacy of patients with venous leg ulcers is likely to affect their ability to self-manage their condition impacting on their adherence to treatment and influences healing and recovery outcomes.ObjectivesTo scope ...
Ayoub Bouguettaya +5 more
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Daily life after healing of a venous leg ulcer: A lifeworld phenomenological study [PDF]
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2022 Purpose Venous leg ulcer is a recognized condition, affecting people globally. Ulcers mainly affect the elderly and recurrences are not uncommon. There is knowledge about life with venous leg ulcers, but the situation after healing is unexplored.
Marcus Rosenburg +3 more
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Patient Explanation of Adherence and Non-Adherence to Venous Leg Ulcer Treatment: A Qualitative Study [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 The aim of this study was to understand which factors influence patients’ adherence to venous leg ulcer treatment recommendations in primary care. We adopted a qualitative study design, conducting phone interviews with 31 people with venous leg ulcers in
Carolina D. Weller +3 more
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A non-invasive Ayurveda management of venous leg ulcer- A case report [PDF]
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative MedicineVenous leg ulcer (VLU) is a severe complication of chronic venous insufficiency that commonly affects older individuals. It is a long-standing consequence of venous insufficiency and accounts for 70%–80% of lower limb ulcers seen in outpatient ...
Archana Muraleedharan +2 more
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Rétrograde venous perfusion (RVP) for intraçtable venous leg ulcers: a retrospective analysis [PDF]
European Journal of Medical ResearchBackground Retrograde venous perfusion (RVP) is a minimally invasive procedure in which the limb circulation is isolated by the application of a proximal limb tourniquet, followed by the administration of specific medications through a distal limb vein ...
Alaa Sharabi +6 more
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Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2022 Venous leg ulcers represent a clinical challenge and impair the quality of life of patients. This study examines impaired wound healing in venous leg ulcers at the molecular level.
Jacek Mikosiński +20 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 The main objectives of the study were to explore whether laser Photobiomodulation (PBM) in addition to traditional dressing of hard-to-heal venous leg ulcer, reduced healing time of the ulcer and if the duration of the ulcer before PBM impacted the ...
Marianne Degerman +2 more
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