Health-related quality of life and chronic venous leg ulceration: Part 2.
Leg ulceration is a debilitating condition which compromises the quality of life of the sufferer, owing to factors such as pain, exudate, odour and social isolation. As nurses, much of the daily care provided for such patients focuses on the provision of wound care; often failing to fully address the wide ranging effects that the ulceration is having on the life of the sufferer. This article reviews the quantitative studies that have explored the health-related quality of life of patients with chronic venous leg ulceration and presents a synthesis of their findings.
Green
Julie
J
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Keele University. j.green@nur.keele.ac.uk
Jester
Rebecca
R
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017281:Cost of Illness; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012107:Research Design; D017592:Skin Care / Q000451:nursing; D012919:Social Behavior; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*