NCT00761839

Does Use of a Wound After-care Summary Improve Patient Satisfaction and Time to Wound Healing?

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: US Department of Veterans Affairs · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• Wounds

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	After-care summary	The wound care NP will measure the wound and assess adherence to the following self-management activities: visiting the wound care clinic as scheduled; offloading; applying dressings; obtaining assistance at home; and participating in social activities. This information will be entered into a computer database on a VA computer that will generate a summary chart showing the relationship between adherence and wound healing. The generated "after-care summary" will be discussed with the patient and used to set self-management goals.
BEHAVIORAL	Control group	Patients in the control group will receive usual counseling for self-management.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-07-01
• Primary completion: 2009-06-01
• Completion: 2009-12-01
• First posted: 2008-09-30
• Last updated: 2015-05-06

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States