Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This survey aimed to identify and quantify the demographic characteristics, treatment \nobjectives, and wound characteristics of patients from five English NHS Trusts receiving \nwound treatment. Data from 4772 patients (59.8% female; 79.7% aged >65 years) were \nreceived. Approximately half were leg wounds. Most patients had one or more comorbidity, \nmost commonly vascular and cardiovascular. The majority of wounds were <3 months’ \nduration and had no associated infection indicators (a small minority had ≥3 infection \nindicators). Swabbing was considerably more common in wounds showing no primary \ninfection indicators than in infected wounds. Nurses were most commonly involved with \ndressing changes. Protecting granulation was the most common treatment objective and \ndressings were changed most commonly twice-weekly as a scheduled care change. No \nsignificant differences in wound or patient characteristics were observed between Trusts.
Language: English
Topic: Wound Healing and Treatments
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W161151321