ReviewInternational wound journal2009
Venous leg ulcers: patient concordance with compression therapy and its impact on healing and prevention of recurrence.
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Who cites it
28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 149 citations in OpenAlex.
- Compression for venous leg ulcers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Cost Effectiveness of Venous Leg Ulcer Healing Using Muscle Pump Activation.International wound journal · 2026Trial
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers: A Prospective Randomised Controlled Trial.International wound journal · 2026Trial
- Adherence to Compression Stockings for Venous Leg Ulcer Prevention: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial and Health Economic Analysis, Evaluating a New Multidimensional Tool (PAMCAI).International wound journal · 2025Trial
- Adaptive compression therapy for venous leg ulcers: a clinically effective, patient-centred approach.International wound journal · 2016Trial
- Aspirin in venous leg ulcer study (ASPiVLU): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.Trials · 2016Trial
- The impact of providing product funding for compression bandaging and medical footwear on compression use, wound healing and quality of life.International wound journal · 2012Trial
- A Scoping Review of Fluorescence Imaging: A Promising New Technology for Bacterial Detection in Burn Wounds.Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association · 2026Article
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- Pilot Implementation of a Primary Care Disease Management Concept for Venous Leg Ulceration: Results of a Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Continuous muscle pump activation by neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the common peroneal nerve in the treatment of patients with venous leg ulcers: A position paper.International wound journal · 2024Review
- Lights, fluorescence, action-Influencing wound treatment plans including debridement of bacteria and biofilms.International wound journal · 2023Article
- No More Venous Ulcers-What More Can We Do?Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Wound care quality of life in aging patients undergoing electrodessication and curettage on the back.Archives of dermatological research · 2022Article
- Impact of Educational Nursing Intervention on Compression Therapy Adherence and Recurrence of Venous Leg Ulcers: A Quasi-Experimental Study.Ocular oncology and pathology · 2022Article
- Prevalence of people with sickle cell disease and leg ulcers in Brazil: Socioeconomic and clinical overview.PloS one · 2022Article
- Use of Sponge-Foam Inserts in Compression Bandaging of Non-Healing Venous Leg Ulcers.Annals of vascular diseases · 2021Article
- Improving Adherence to Wearing Compression Stockings for Chronic Venous Insufficiency and Venous Leg Ulcers: A Scoping Review.Patient preference and adherence · 2021Article
- Wireless, skin-interfaced sensors for compression therapy.Science advances · 2020Article
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Moffatt Christine, Kommala Dheerendra, Dourdin Nathalie, Choe Yoonhee. Venous leg ulcers: patient concordance with compression therapy and its impact on healing and prevention of recurrence. ABSTRACT This study aimed to review available data on the reasons attributed to patient non concordance with compression therapy for the treatment of venous leg ulcers (VLUs), the frequency of non concordance and its effects on clinical outcomes. The biomedical literature was searched for publications on VLUs, compression therapy and concordance over the past 20 years. Physical, aesthetic and cosmetic factors, patient lack of education about VLUs, cost of therapy and issues with treatment by clinicians were all reported to influence concordance with compression therapy. The search identified 10 studies reporting patient concordance with compression stockings or bandages; while non concordance ranged from 2% to 42% of patients in three randomised controlled trials, it was generally higher in real-world studies, ranging from 9.7% to 80%. Another set of six studies indicated that the healing rate was half and the median time to complete healing was twice as long when patients were not concordant. Further, recurrence rates were 2-20 times greater when patients did not comply with the use of stockings following VLU healing. In conclusion, published biomedical literature has documented that non concordance with compression therapy negatively impacts the outcome of VLUs, highlighting the need to improve patient concordance to maximise therapeutic benefits.
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