title: Treatment by medical compression stockings among 144 consecutive patients with non-complicated primary varicose veins: results on compliance.
abstract: Compression stockings are the major long-term treatment of non-complicated primary varicose veins recommended by international consensus. Nevertheless there are few data concerning the patient compliance to treatment. Hundred and forty-four patients with varicose veins of primary origin were prospectively recruited and questioned about their compression therapy: 29.2% patients are wearing compression stockings, and for 10.4% on a daily basis; 32.6% do not wear their compression mainly because it is not well tolerated; 38.2% do not have compression treatment because it is not recommended or not prescribed by the physician.
authors.affiliation: Selurl Philangio, 30, place Louis-Jouvet, 38100 Grenoble, France. Electronic address: d.rastel@wanadoo.fr.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rastel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D053828:Stockings, Compression; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Bas de compression; Compression stockings; Varices; Varicose veins