Wellbeing, quality of life and satisfaction of patients with hard-to-heal wounds: a descriptive study.
J Wound Care
; 33(7): 526-532, 2024 Jul 02.
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| ID: mdl-38967342
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
A hard-to-heal wound is defined as a wound that failed to proceed through the normal phases of wound healing in an orderly and timely manner. The purpose of this article is to describe the impact of hard-to-heal wounds on the wellbeing, quality of life (QoL) and satisfaction with QoL of patients in Oman with hard-to-heal wounds.METHOD:
A descriptive cross-sectional study of patients with hard-to-heal wounds attending three tertiary care hospitals using a self-reported questionnaire was conducted.RESULTS:
A total of 275 patients took part in the study. Patients reported a low wellbeing score (67.06±19.72), moderate QoL score (52.18±25.07) and moderate satisfaction scores (68.91±23.88). Significant mean differences were reported with age, sex, educational level, monthly income and type of wound all at p<0.05.CONCLUSION:
The findings of this study demonstrated that hard-to-heal wounds could influence the wellbeing, QoL and overall satisfaction with QoL of patients. DECLARATION OF INTEREST Funding was received through an internal grant of the Sultan Qaboos University to conduct the research conducting the research (IG/CON/FACN/20/01). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Wound Healing
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Patient Satisfaction
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
J Wound Care
Journal subject:
ENFERMAGEM
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
Reino Unido