ArticleInternational wound journal2018
Predicting the likelihood of venous leg ulcer recurrence: The diagnostic accuracy of a newly developed risk assessment tool.
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- Psychometric Validation of the Spanish Version of the Sheffield Preference-Based Venous Leg Ulcer Questionnaire (SPVU-5D) in Patients With Venous Leg Ulcers.International wound journal · 2026Article
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- Experiences of undergoing venous leg ulcer management: A reflective lifeworld research study.International wound journal · 2023Article
- Venous, Arterial, and Neuropathic Leg Ulcers With Emphasis on the Geriatric Population.Cureus · 2023Review
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- Daily life after healing of a venous leg ulcer: A lifeworld phenomenological study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2022Article
- A service evaluation to examine the use of compression strapping for the management of patients with retromalleolar leg ulcers in a specialist community setting.International wound journal · 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
- An estimate of the economic burden of venous leg ulcers associated with deep venous disease.Vascular medicine (London, England) · 2022Review
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to validate a newly developed tool for predicting the risk of recurrence within 12 months of a venous leg ulcer healing. Performance of the tool to predict recurrence within a 12-month period was assessed using Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (AUC) analysis. Multi-site retrospective and prospective longitudinal studies were undertaken to validate a risk assessment tool for the recurrence of venous leg ulcers within 12 months. In the retrospective study (n = 250), 55% of venous leg ulcers recurred within 12 months, and the risk assessment total score had excellent discrimination and goodness of fit with an AUC of 0.83 (95% CI, 0.76-0.90, P < .001). The prospective study (n = 143) observed that 50.4% (n = 63) of venous leg ulcers recurred within 12 months of healing. Participants were classified using the risk assessment tool as being at low risk (28%), moderate risk (59%), and high risk (13%); the proportion of wounds recurring at 12 months was 15%, 61%, and 67% for each group, respectively. Validation results indicated good discrimination and goodness of fit, with an AUC of 0.73 (95% CI, 0.64-0.82, P < .001). Validation of this risk assessment tool for the recurrence of venous leg ulcers provides clinicians with a resource to identify high-risk patients and to guide decisions on adjunctive, tailored interventions to address the specific risk factors to decrease the risk of recurrence.
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