title: Venous disease and chronic oedema: treatment and patient concordance.
abstract: Compression therapy is the mainstay in the management of chronic venous disease, venous leg ulceration (VLU) and chronic oedema. The management of VLU alone is thought to cost a staggering £400 million per year and accounts for 13% of all district nursing visits. The predicted increase in elderly, obese and chronically ill patients will pose a further strain on already stretched resources. The impact of chronic venous and lymphovenous disease is also costly in terms of physical and psychological terms for patients. Adopting a preventive approach would reduce the financial, workload and symptomatic aspects of this condition.
authors.affiliation: Lymphoedema Clinical Nurse Specialist at the Specialist Lymphoedema Service, Glasgow.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Todd
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004487:Edema / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012648:Self Care; D053828:Stockings, Compression; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*