title: Using qualitative research to improve tissue viability care.
abstract: This article discusses how key qualitative studies investigating patient experiences can act as an indicator of quality and guide healthcare professionals in service development and evaluation in tissue viability. There is a wealth of information available to suggest that leg ulceration affects individuals' quality of life. Commissioners are requesting that clinicians demonstrate quality-based outcomes for patients with leg ulcers to improve care and service provision.
authors.affiliation: Mile End Hospital, London. alison.hopkins@thpct.nhs.uk
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authors.lastname: Hopkins
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012107:Research Design; D017592:Skin Care / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology