title: Unna's boot: experience of care of people with venous ulcers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to understand the experience of care of people with venous ulcers using an Unna's boot.
  
  
  METHODS
  a qualitative study, based on the social phenomenology by Alfred Schütz, was carried out with 12 adults interviewed in 2015. The statements were analyzed and organized in thematic categories.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the following categories emerged: "Unna's boot annoyance versus wound improvement", "Difficulties for accessing care with the Unna's boot", "Care for healing and preventing recurrence", and "Receiving more attention from the healthcare professional".
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the experience of care of people using an Unna's boot revealed the annoyance caused by this device, which was overcome due to the wound improvement. However, access to care was compromised by the lack of structure at the service, frustrating the patients' expectations regarding wound healing. The issues of these people's intersubjective universe should be considered in the management of care of venous ulcers.
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Nursing, School of Nursing, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcelo Henrique da
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Nursing, School of Nursing, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Cristina Pinto de
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Jesus
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Nursing, School of Nursing, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Deíse Moura de
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Nursing, School of Nursing, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Miriam Aparecida Barbosa
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Merighi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012775:Shoes / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000628:therapy*; D014945:Wound Healing