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Internal consistency and reliability of the Swiss-French translation of the venous leg ulcer self efficacy tool (VeLUSET) [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ 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
doaj   +5 more sources

Health-related quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcer treated in primary care in Brazil and Portugal. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS 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
doaj   +5 more sources

How health literacy relates to venous leg ulcer healing: A scoping review. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS 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
doaj   +4 more sources

Venous leg ulcer

open access: yesIndian Dermatology Online Journal, 2014
Reena Rai, Venkataram Mysore
doaj   +5 more sources

Daily life after healing of a venous leg ulcer: A lifeworld phenomenological study [PDF]

open access: yesInternational 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
doaj   +2 more sources

Patient Explanation of Adherence and Non-Adherence to Venous Leg Ulcer Treatment: A Qualitative Study [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +2 more sources

A non-invasive Ayurveda management of venous leg ulcer- A case report [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
Venous 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
doaj   +2 more sources

Rétrograde venous perfusion (RVP) for intraçtable venous leg ulcers: a retrospective analysis [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Medical Research
Background 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
doaj   +2 more sources

Longitudinal Evaluation of Biomarkers in Wound Fluids from Venous Leg Ulcers and Split-thickness Skin Graft Donor Site Wounds Treated with a Protease-modulating Wound Dressing

open access: yesActa 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
doaj   +1 more source

Photobiomodulation, as additional treatment to traditional dressing of hard-to-heal venous leg ulcers, in frail elderly with municipality home healthcare

open access: yesPLoS 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
doaj   +2 more sources

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