Practicability of Gliding Aids for Medical Compression Stockings

Gliding Aids for Medical Compression Stockings - Practicability in Elderly Patients With Chronic Venous Insufficiency

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01432795

Enrollment

Registered

2011-09-13

Start date

2010-11-30

Completion date

2011-09-30

Last updated

2013-06-24

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Conditions

Chronic Venous Insufficiency, Post-thrombotic Syndrome

Keywords

chronic venous insufficiency, post-thrombotic syndrome, medical compression therapy, compression stocking, gliding aid, stocking butler, adherence to treatment

Brief summary

Medical compression stockings are highly effective in the prevention, treatment, and secondary prevention of chronic venous insufficiency and of post-thrombotic syndrome. Non-adherence to the prescribed compression treatment concerns approximately 40% of patients. Elderly patients are often unable to handle stockings in order to put them on properly in the morning and to undress in the evening. Gliding aids and stocking butlers are two types of tools to facilitate the dressing manoeuvre with medical stockings. The present study evaluates four different gliding aids and two different stocking butlers to put on three different types of compression stockings. The study is conducted with forty consenting subjects with advanced chronic venous insufficiency.

Detailed description

Subjects: 40 consenting patients \>65y old, with CEAP C4-6 chronic venous insufficiency Stockings: One class 3 (36 - 46 mmHg interface pressure) with closed tip One class 3 with open tip Two superimposed class 1 (18 - 21 mmHg) Gliding aids and stocking butlers Three types of gliding aids for closed tip stockings Three types of gliding aids for open tip stockings Two types of stocking butlers, one optional with mounted handles

Interventions

DEVICEGliding aids for medical compression stockings

Each subject tests devices: * 3 gliding aids for stockings with closed tips * 3 gliding aids for stockings with open tips * 2 stocking butlers using * 3 medical compression stockings with open tip, compression class 3 (36-46mmHg) * 3 medical compression stockings w. closed tip, compression class 3 (36-46mmHg) * 2 superimposed compression stockings class 1 (18 - 21 mmHg)

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

\> 65 years old Chronic venous insufficiency CEAP C4-6

Exclusion criteria

Dementia Blindness Paraplegia

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Number of successfully dressed medical stockings per subject	Per subject: 120 minutes (one run); to complete the whole study (40 subjects): 14 months	The primary end point is straight: The medical stocking is dressed (at the patient's leg) or it is not dressed. Each gliding aid and each stocking butler is tested with this end point.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Patient satisfaction by gliding aid or stocking butler (score)	Per subject 120 minutes (one run); to complete the whole study (40 subjects): 14 months	Patients are asked to score each gliding aid and each stocking butler with a mark between 1 (bad) and 6 (very good).

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

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