title: Chronic leg ulcers, part 2: Do they affect a patient's social life?
abstract: This article describes a qualitative study into how chronic venous leg ulceration impacts on the social dimension of a patient's life and is presented in two parts. Part one discussed the background to the study, gave an overview of the literature and described the methodology. This second part will discuss the findings in relation to the literature together with implications for practice.
authors.affiliation: Castle Point and Rochford PCT and Southend PCT, Rayleigh Clinic, Essex.
authors.forename: Annemarie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D008132:Loneliness; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D017592:Skin Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D012919:Social Behavior; D012934:Social Isolation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires