title: Self-management of leg ulceration using a compression hosiery kit: considerations for service delivery.
abstract: This article describes the experience of a young male who developed leg ulceration, which he treated and managed by himself. In an unusual case, with with unusual circumstances, he used a leg ulcer hosiery kit as compression therapy to sell-manage from the commencement of treatment to healing, with the assistance of a remotely based health-care professional. The local NHS and private health services that he accessed were unable to provide an appropriately tailored service for this patient in full-time weekday employment.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing Midwifery and Health, University of Stirling. a.f.coull@stir.ac.uk
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coull
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D047070:Bandages, Hydrocolloid; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012648:Self Care; D053828:Stockings, Compression; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014945:Wound Healing