Ostomy/wound management
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Ostomy/wound management · May 2005
Clinical quality indicators of venous leg ulcers: development, feasibility, and reliability.
In the clinical setting, diagnosis and treatment of venous leg ulcers can vary considerably from patient to patient. The first step to reducing this variation is to document venous leg ulcer care through use of quantitative scientific documentation principles. This requires the development of valid and reliable evidence-based quality indicators of venous leg ulcer care. ⋯ All patients (100%) were prescribed compression therapy. Of the 98 patients, 11 (11%) had ulcers recur in 3 months and 72 (73%) healed in 12 months, which is in line with the literature. It is feasible to reliably measure the quality of medical technical venous leg ulcer care in the clinical setting using a few strategic clinically relevant indicators of quality.