Venous Insufficiency
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate if wearing of compression stockings influences the skin moisture. Conservative stockings are compared with urea containing compression stockings to find out if using urea prevents dehydration of the skin while wearing the urea compression stockings. Secondary aim was to find out if urea containing stockings increase the compliance to wear the compression stockings regulary by patients with diagnosed chronic venous insufficiency.
Interventions
DEVICEurea contained compressing stockings
DEVICEcompressing stockings
Sponsors
Bauerfeind AG, Zeulenroda, Germany
University Medicine Greifswald
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Clincial diagnosis of chronic venous insufficiency * Age: 18-80 years * Patient's information and willingness to participate
Exclusion criteria
* Age under 18 years * Lower limp edema not caused by venous insufficiency * Acute deep venous thrombosis * Arterial occlusive disease * Diabetes mellitus with neuropathy or peripheral arterial disturbance of perfusion * immobile Patients * Pregnancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| skin moisture at day 0 and day 7 | — |
| loss of water throughout epidermis at day 0 and day 7 | — |
| throatiness of epidermis at day 0 and day 7 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| compliance of patients at every day of intervention | — |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed