Varicose ulcer
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention followed three paths: -Orientation for all participants on exercising the lower limbs and resting with legs elevated using an educational booklet. Oral supplementary nutrition for all
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Goiás
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Being 18 years of age or older; scoring normal on Mini Mental State Exam, considering education level; presenting a leg ulcer with clinical signs of impaired venous circulation with ou without the low impairment of arterial circulation
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: People with liver disease, people with kidney disease, people who present no palpable peripheral arterial pulses, preventing the verification of ankle arm index (AAI); people who had an AAI less than 0.8 or greater than 1.3, or intermittent claudication when walking 250 meters or less which fades at rest, or paleness on elevation of the affected limb, even with AAI within the inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cicatrization - complete closure of the lesion detected by epithelialization of the entire bed of the injury, sustained for one week. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Progress of cicatrization: obtained through PRESSURE ULCER SCALE FOR HEALING score;Ulcer healing rate - determined by calculating the reduction rate of the lesion area through the equation: W0 - W1 / W0 × 100; Where W0 = initial area and W1 = final area. ;Resolvability - calculated by dividing the number of participants who had all wounds completely healed by the total number of study participants ;Positive self-evaluation of health - assessed by the scores "very good", "good" on self-evaluation of questions of absolute health and in comparison with others.;Quality of life – evaluated through the descriptors of the CHARING CROSS Questionnaire for venous ulcers.;Intensity of pain in the leg caused by the lesion – obtained through numeric scale (0-10). ;Pain intensity related to the dressing process (during and for 20 minutes after) - obtained by numerical scale (0-10). ;Quality of pain – evaluated using the McGill Pain Questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactMaria Bachion
Universidade Federal de Goiás
Outcome results
None listed