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Potential predictors of quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcers: A cross‐sectional study in Taiwan

Internationally, the impact of venous leg ulcers (VLUs) on the quality of life is well recognised; however, in Taiwan, the focus is only on chronic wound management. This cross‐sectional correlational study conducted at the cardiovascular and plastic surgery clinics of a regional teaching hospital b...

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Autores principales: Lin, Hsiao‐Ching, Fang, Chien‐Liang, Hung, Chang‐Chiao, Fan, Jun‐Yu
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9284624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34611998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13700
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author Lin, Hsiao‐Ching
Fang, Chien‐Liang
Hung, Chang‐Chiao
Fan, Jun‐Yu
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Fang, Chien‐Liang
Hung, Chang‐Chiao
Fan, Jun‐Yu
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description Internationally, the impact of venous leg ulcers (VLUs) on the quality of life is well recognised; however, in Taiwan, the focus is only on chronic wound management. This cross‐sectional correlational study conducted at the cardiovascular and plastic surgery clinics of a regional teaching hospital between August 2019 and June 2020 investigates venous clinical severity, pain, fatigue, depression, sleep quality, quality of life, and related factors among 167 patients with VLUs. The potential predictors of the quality of life in terms of activities were venous clinical severity (P < 0.001), pain (P = 0.004), and fatigue (P < 0.001) after adjusting for covariates. The potential predictors of the quality of life in terms of the psychological domain were marital status (single/divorced) (P = 0.016), marital status (widowed) (P = 0.027), venous clinical severity (P < 0.001), pain (P = 0.001), and fatigue (P = 0.002). The potential predictors of the quality of life with regard to symptoms were venous clinical severity (P < 0.001), pain (P < 0.001), fatigue (P = 0.001), and depression (P = 0.038). These potential predictors can serve as the basis of interventions for patients with VLUs, such as those related to nutrition or training in wound dressing.
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spelling pubmed-92846242022-07-19 Potential predictors of quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcers: A cross‐sectional study in Taiwan Lin, Hsiao‐Ching Fang, Chien‐Liang Hung, Chang‐Chiao Fan, Jun‐Yu Int Wound J Original Articles Internationally, the impact of venous leg ulcers (VLUs) on the quality of life is well recognised; however, in Taiwan, the focus is only on chronic wound management. This cross‐sectional correlational study conducted at the cardiovascular and plastic surgery clinics of a regional teaching hospital between August 2019 and June 2020 investigates venous clinical severity, pain, fatigue, depression, sleep quality, quality of life, and related factors among 167 patients with VLUs. The potential predictors of the quality of life in terms of activities were venous clinical severity (P < 0.001), pain (P = 0.004), and fatigue (P < 0.001) after adjusting for covariates. The potential predictors of the quality of life in terms of the psychological domain were marital status (single/divorced) (P = 0.016), marital status (widowed) (P = 0.027), venous clinical severity (P < 0.001), pain (P = 0.001), and fatigue (P = 0.002). The potential predictors of the quality of life with regard to symptoms were venous clinical severity (P < 0.001), pain (P < 0.001), fatigue (P = 0.001), and depression (P = 0.038). These potential predictors can serve as the basis of interventions for patients with VLUs, such as those related to nutrition or training in wound dressing. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2021-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9284624/ /pubmed/34611998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13700 Text en © 2021 The Authors. International Wound Journal published by Medicalhelplines.com Inc (3M) and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://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.
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title Potential predictors of quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcers: A cross‐sectional study in Taiwan
title_full Potential predictors of quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcers: A cross‐sectional study in Taiwan
title_fullStr Potential predictors of quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcers: A cross‐sectional study in Taiwan
title_full_unstemmed Potential predictors of quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcers: A cross‐sectional study in Taiwan
title_short Potential predictors of quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcers: A cross‐sectional study in Taiwan
title_sort potential predictors of quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcers: a cross‐sectional study in taiwan
topic Original Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9284624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34611998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13700
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