Education in people with venous leg ulcers based on a brochure about compression therapy: A quasi‐randomised controlled trial
Brochures are a useful supplement to patient education. There is increasing evidence that they are an effective medium to support patient satisfaction, adherence, and empowerment. This study aims to produce reliable data on how much patients with venous leg ulcer (VLU) may profit from a brochure tha...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2019
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7948578/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31418532 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13172 |
_version_ | 1783663430393135104 |
---|---|
author | Protz, Kerstin Dissemond, Joachim Seifert, Myriam Hintner, Marianne Temme, Barbara Verheyen‐Cronau, Ida Augustin, Matthias Otten, Marina |
author_facet | Protz, Kerstin Dissemond, Joachim Seifert, Myriam Hintner, Marianne Temme, Barbara Verheyen‐Cronau, Ida Augustin, Matthias Otten, Marina |
author_sort | Protz, Kerstin |
collection | PubMed |
description | Brochures are a useful supplement to patient education. There is increasing evidence that they are an effective medium to support patient satisfaction, adherence, and empowerment. This study aims to produce reliable data on how much patients with venous leg ulcer (VLU) may profit from a brochure that focuses on VLU and on measures and aims of the related compression therapy. The evaluation took part from October 2018 until March 2019 and included 136 patients with VLU and related compression therapy. They were randomly sorted into a case group and a control group of 68 patients each. The case group received a brochure about venous disease and compression therapy and filled in a questionnaire after reading. The questions ranged from basic knowledge about VLU and compression therapy to aspects of self‐care. The control group answered the same questions without previous reading of the brochure. The results show that in almost every aspect, the patients in the case group were better informed about their diseases, the compression therapy, and how they may support the measures adequately. This study suggests that patients with VLU may profit from a brochure that explains their disease and the related compression therapy. Better knowledge and understanding may strengthen their empowerment and adherence. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-7948578 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2019 |
publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-79485782021-07-02 Education in people with venous leg ulcers based on a brochure about compression therapy: A quasi‐randomised controlled trial Protz, Kerstin Dissemond, Joachim Seifert, Myriam Hintner, Marianne Temme, Barbara Verheyen‐Cronau, Ida Augustin, Matthias Otten, Marina Int Wound J Original Articles Brochures are a useful supplement to patient education. There is increasing evidence that they are an effective medium to support patient satisfaction, adherence, and empowerment. This study aims to produce reliable data on how much patients with venous leg ulcer (VLU) may profit from a brochure that focuses on VLU and on measures and aims of the related compression therapy. The evaluation took part from October 2018 until March 2019 and included 136 patients with VLU and related compression therapy. They were randomly sorted into a case group and a control group of 68 patients each. The case group received a brochure about venous disease and compression therapy and filled in a questionnaire after reading. The questions ranged from basic knowledge about VLU and compression therapy to aspects of self‐care. The control group answered the same questions without previous reading of the brochure. The results show that in almost every aspect, the patients in the case group were better informed about their diseases, the compression therapy, and how they may support the measures adequately. This study suggests that patients with VLU may profit from a brochure that explains their disease and the related compression therapy. Better knowledge and understanding may strengthen their empowerment and adherence. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2019-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7948578/ /pubmed/31418532 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13172 Text en © 2019 The Authors. International Wound Journal published by Medicalhelplines.com Inc and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Protz, Kerstin Dissemond, Joachim Seifert, Myriam Hintner, Marianne Temme, Barbara Verheyen‐Cronau, Ida Augustin, Matthias Otten, Marina Education in people with venous leg ulcers based on a brochure about compression therapy: A quasi‐randomised controlled trial |
title | Education in people with venous leg ulcers based on a brochure about compression therapy: A quasi‐randomised controlled trial |
title_full | Education in people with venous leg ulcers based on a brochure about compression therapy: A quasi‐randomised controlled trial |
title_fullStr | Education in people with venous leg ulcers based on a brochure about compression therapy: A quasi‐randomised controlled trial |
title_full_unstemmed | Education in people with venous leg ulcers based on a brochure about compression therapy: A quasi‐randomised controlled trial |
title_short | Education in people with venous leg ulcers based on a brochure about compression therapy: A quasi‐randomised controlled trial |
title_sort | education in people with venous leg ulcers based on a brochure about compression therapy: a quasi‐randomised controlled trial |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7948578/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31418532 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13172 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT protzkerstin educationinpeoplewithvenouslegulcersbasedonabrochureaboutcompressiontherapyaquasirandomisedcontrolledtrial AT dissemondjoachim educationinpeoplewithvenouslegulcersbasedonabrochureaboutcompressiontherapyaquasirandomisedcontrolledtrial AT seifertmyriam educationinpeoplewithvenouslegulcersbasedonabrochureaboutcompressiontherapyaquasirandomisedcontrolledtrial AT hintnermarianne educationinpeoplewithvenouslegulcersbasedonabrochureaboutcompressiontherapyaquasirandomisedcontrolledtrial AT temmebarbara educationinpeoplewithvenouslegulcersbasedonabrochureaboutcompressiontherapyaquasirandomisedcontrolledtrial AT verheyencronauida educationinpeoplewithvenouslegulcersbasedonabrochureaboutcompressiontherapyaquasirandomisedcontrolledtrial AT augustinmatthias educationinpeoplewithvenouslegulcersbasedonabrochureaboutcompressiontherapyaquasirandomisedcontrolledtrial AT ottenmarina educationinpeoplewithvenouslegulcersbasedonabrochureaboutcompressiontherapyaquasirandomisedcontrolledtrial |