This study focuses on patients with acute and chronic wounds. In this context, a wound is defined as any loss of the barrier between the skin and the external environment, and thus the destruction of tissue on the body’s external surfaces (Dissemond & Kröger, 2020). This includes erosions and ulcerations of any origin, regardless of their duration and type of wound healing (primary or secondary) . Internal ulcerations—that is, tissue damage to internal body surfaces—are not of interest. In this
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: As part of the prospective data collection, the following demographic information is initially collected from all enrolled participants following their informed consent, generally during a pe
Sponsors
Universitätsklinikum Bonn
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The study population generally includes all patients at the university hospital, regardless of their underlying medical conditions or the reason for their treatment.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: However, for reasons of sensitivity, patients who are in the terminal phase of life or who cannot be examined by the research team for other critical reasons (life-threatening or unstable condition; psychosis, isolation, radiation exposure, etc.) are excluded from in-person interviews or examinations.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
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| The primary endpoint of the study is to describe the point prevalence of acute and chronic wounds at a German university hospital. Due to limited resources, data will be collected as part of the doctoral project in 2026 during the clinical stay of the participants selected via bed allocation, following their consent. The data collection will be conducted through in-person visits or interviews. The endpoints will be recorded in a digital questionnaire in the RedCap data platform in compliance with data protection regulations. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| A secondary endpoint of the study is to describe the current state and quality of care for the identified participants with acute and chronic wounds. To assess the quality of care for chronic wounds, descriptive case series will be created, as the sampling and available resources suggest that only a small number of prospectively identified chronic wounds will be included; this methodology allows patterns to be identified even in small study populations. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactLeah Dörr
Universitätsklinikum Bonn
Outcome results
None listed