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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
Victoria Team, Carolina Weller
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Leg ulceration: An exploration of the role of socio-economic factors in the epidemiology, access to health care and outcomes. [PDF]
, 2010 Background Tackling health inequalities has been a priority policy area for the NHS since the 1990’s. To date there has been scant research addressing this area in relation to leg ulcers, despite there being some evidence of inequalities in leg ulcer ...
Petherick, Emily
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EFFECT OF AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM REGARDING CARE OF WOUND HEALING FOR VENOUS LEG ULCER PATIENTS [PDF]
Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing, 2022 Background: Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) are chronic wounds that impose a substantial economic burden on world health care system and significant morbidity.
Naglaa Mahdy +3 more
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Community Nurses' Judgement and Decision Making for the Management of Venous Leg Ulceration [PDF]
, 2013 Management of leg ulceration is an important part of community nurses’ workload but previous evidence suggests the quality of diagnosis and treatment of venous leg ulceration may be below that which should be expected.
Adderley, Una
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How health literacy relates to venous leg ulcer healing: A scoping review
PLoS ONE, 2023 Background The 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.
Ayoub Bouguettaya +5 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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Creating innovation in lymphoedema nursing through collaboration [PDF]
, 2009 Against a background of fiscal and regulatory pressure to rationalize and justify health-care interventions, there is an underlying political message that greater cooperation and collaboration would improve health-care for all.
Davies, R., Jones, J.
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Pressure mapping of medical compression bandages used for venous leg ulcer treatment [PDF]
, 2010 Chronic leg ulcers affect 1% of the adult population in the developed countries. The majority of leg ulcers are due to venous disease. The impact of venous ulcers on the quality of life is significant, and it costs the NHS £300 − 600m annually.
Al Khaburi, Jawad Ameen Jawad
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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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