I73.9 I87.2 I70.2
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Wearing the compression stocking on the leg with the lowest ankle brachial index (ABI) and concomitant chronic venous insufficiency (CEAP criteria C3-C5)
Sponsors
St. Josef und St. Elisabeth Hospital gGmbHKlinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Age > 18 years old - Chronic venous insufficiency of any genesis (varicose disease, PTS, arthrogenic congestion syndrome, dependency syndrome in obesity) in stages C3 to C5. - ability to put on compression stockings or willingness to have them worn by third parties - Written consent form - Willingness to wear compression stockings of at least 8 hours per day during the study period - Peripheral arterial occlusive disease with an ankle arm index 0.5 and an absolute ankle arterial pressure >60mmHg
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Pregnant or nursing patient - Patient participating in another treatment study Patients with severe general illness for whom there is a risk of withdrawal before the end of the study. - Patient with progressive malignant disease, associated with radiation therapy, Chemotherapy or hormone therapy treated. - allergy to components of the compression stocking - Absolute contraindication for an compression therapy: decompensated Heart failure, septic phlebitis, Phlegmasia coerulea dolens. - Acute deep or superficial leg vein thrombosis - disability or reluctance, put on compression stockings or to be worn florides Ulcus cruris, C6
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Complaint score measured by the Varicose Vein Symptom Questionnaire Acral pressure measured by means of acral oscillography | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Leg volume, measured by Bodytronic 600®. - Semiquantitative assessment of leg edema by ultrasound - Visual analogue scale for pain (0=no pain, 10=strongest pain) - Visual analogue scale for ease of use (pull stocking over the foot, Suspender stocking overall, stocking take off) - Wearing comfort of the compression stocking, measured as patient satisfaction on a visual analogue scale. - Anamnestic painless walking distance | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactStefanie Reich-Schupke
Venenzentrum der Dermatologischen und Gefäßchirurgischen KlinikenKliniken der Ruhr-Universität Bochum im St. Maria Hilf Krankenhaus
Outcome results
None listed