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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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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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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Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2014 “This case shows how important a causal therapy is when treating wounds. The wound healing process stagnated until the compression therapy was performd consistently. The use of led to an impressive granulation once the wound had the chance to heal.
Reena Rai, Venkataram Mysore
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Cytokines and Venous Leg Ulcer Healing-A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2022 Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) are the most common type of leg ulcers with a significant socioeconomic burden due to slow healing. Cytokines may be involved in the pathogenesis of VLUs.
Burian EA +6 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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Understanding factors influencing venous leg ulcer guideline implementation in Australian primary care. [PDF]
Int Wound J, 2020 The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of the venous leg ulcer (VLU) management in primary health care settings located in Melbourne metropolitan and rural Victoria, Australia. We explored health professionals' perspective on the use of
Weller CD +3 more
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The expression of inflammatory cytokines, TAM tyrosine kinase receptors and their ligands is upregulated in venous leg ulcer patients: a novel insight into chronic wound immunity [PDF]
International Wound Journal, 2016 The systemic host defence mechanisms, especially innate immunity, in venous leg ulcer patients are poorly investigated. The aim of the current study was to measure Candida albicans killing activity and gene expressions of pro- and anti-inflammatory ...
Kata Filkor +6 more
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BMJ Open, 2022 Objectives To estimate and examine the direct healthcare costs of treating people with open venous leg ulcers in the UK.Design Cost-of-illness study.Setting A cross-sectional survey of nine National Health Service community locales over 2-week periods in
Matt Sutton +3 more
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