Wounds Protocol at Family Health Strategy Units in a Rio Grande do Sul Countryside Town
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Chronic Vascular Wounds in Adults
- Interventions
- Combination Product: Wounds Protocol
- Registration Number
- NCT03211637
- Lead Sponsor
- Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao
- 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.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
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.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description INTERVENTION GROUP Wounds Protocol This group comprises 6 healthcare units equipped with a Family Health Strategy, where patients are seen by coordinating nurses who have been trained to use wound dressing supplies and also on the use of the protocol. CONTROL GROUP Wounds Protocol This group comprising 5 healthcare units equipped with a Family Health Strategy. Patients were seen by coordinating nurses who used techniques and supplies with which they were already familiar. They had no protocol in place.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 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.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method