Chronic Vascular Wounds in Adults
Conditions
Keywords
nursing care, skin lesions, wound healing, varicose ulcers
Brief summary
Evaluate the process for implementing a wound protocol for lesion control and cost-effectiveness in the context of the Family Health Strategy in the city of Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil.
Interventions
COMBINATION_PRODUCTWounds Protocol
Nurses who have been trained to use wound dressing supplies and also on the use of the protocol.
Sponsors
Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
60 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Presenting vascular (venous, arterial or mixed) ulcers for over 1 year; * Be available to have wounds dressed at the healthcare unit; * Be a patient registered with the Family Health Strategy teams.
Exclusion criteria
* Have some condition rendering the patient unable to go to the unit, such as being bedridden or having had a lower limb amputated; * Having decompensated diabetes mellitus; * Having move away from the Family Health Strategy unit's coverage area.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lesion remission by measuring the surface area of the wound | one month | Remission of the wound, and other clinical variables such as odor, pain, infection and presence of exudate. |
Outcome results
None listed