Does Use of a Wound After-care Summary Improve Patient Satisfaction and Time to Wound Healing?
- Conditions
- Wounds
- Registration Number
- NCT00761839
- Lead Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this research study is to evaluate a patient education program for chronic wound care. The wound care nurse practitioner (NP) at the Ann Arbor VAMC will use a wound self-management "after-care summary" with approximately half of her patients. This study will examine whether using this patient education tool for self-management of wound care results in improved patient outcomes.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
All patients presenting for outpatient wound care at the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center NP wound care clinic, who meet the following inclusion criteria for chronic wounds: stage II, III, IV pressure ulcers; venous stasis ulcers, and diabetic ulcers.
Cognitively impaired patients who cannot give informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method patient satisfaction, frequency of self-management activities, time to healing Outcomes are measured at each participating patient's visit for one year or until the patient's wound is healed, whichever comes first.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI
🇺🇸Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA
🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI🇺🇸Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States