Does Use of a Wound After-care Summary Improve Patient Satisfaction and Time to Wound Healing?

Status

Withdrawn

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00761839

Enrollment

Registered

2008-09-30

Start date

2008-07-31

Completion date

2009-12-31

Last updated

2015-05-06

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Conditions

Wounds

Keywords

wound healing, self-management, patient education

Brief summary

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate a patient education program for chronic wound care. The wound care nurse practitioner (NP) at the Ann Arbor VAMC will use a wound self-management after-care summary with approximately half of her patients. This study will examine whether using this patient education tool for self-management of wound care results in improved patient outcomes.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALAfter-care summary

The wound care NP will measure the wound and assess adherence to the following self-management activities: visiting the wound care clinic as scheduled; offloading; applying dressings; obtaining assistance at home; and participating in social activities. This information will be entered into a computer database on a VA computer that will generate a summary chart showing the relationship between adherence and wound healing. The generated after-care summary will be discussed with the patient and used to set self-management goals.

BEHAVIORALControl group

Patients in the control group will receive usual counseling for self-management.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All patients presenting for outpatient wound care at the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center NP wound care clinic, who meet the following inclusion criteria for chronic wounds: stage II, III, IV pressure ulcers; venous stasis ulcers, and diabetic ulcers.

Exclusion criteria

Cognitively impaired patients who cannot give informed consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
patient satisfaction, frequency of self-management activities, time to healing	Outcomes are measured at each participating patient's visit for one year or until the patient's wound is healed, whichever comes first.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026