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Szewczyk MT, Mościcka P, Jawień A, et al. Quality of life in patients with leg ulcers or skin lesions - a pilot study. Postepy Dermatol Alergol. 2015;32(6):465-9doi: 10.5114/pdia.2014.40983.
Szewczyk, M. T., Mościcka, P., Jawień, A., Cwajda-Białasik, J., Cierzniakowska, K., Ślusarz, R., & Hancke, E. (2015). Quality of life in patients with leg ulcers or skin lesions - a pilot study. Postepy dermatologii i alergologii, 32(6), 465-9. https://doi.org/10.5114/pdia.2014.40983
Szewczyk, Maria T, et al. "Quality of life in patients with leg ulcers or skin lesions - a pilot study." Postepy dermatologii i alergologii vol. 32,6 (2015): 465-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.5114/pdia.2014.40983
Szewczyk MT, Mościcka P, Jawień A, Cwajda-Białasik J, Cierzniakowska K, Ślusarz R, Hancke E. Quality of life in patients with leg ulcers or skin lesions - a pilot study. Postepy Dermatol Alergol. 2015 Dec;32(6):465-9. doi: 10.5114/pdia.2014.40983. Epub 2015 Dec 11. PMID: 26755912; PMCID: PMC4697015.
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Postepy Dermatol Alergol. 2015 Dec;32(6):465-9. doi: 10.5114/pdia.2014.40983. Epub 2015 Dec 11.

Quality of life in patients with leg ulcers or skin lesions - a pilot study.

Postepy dermatologii i alergologii

Maria T Szewczyk, Paulina Mościcka, Arkadiusz Jawień, Justyna Cwajda-Białasik, Katarzyna Cierzniakowska, Robert Ślusarz, Elżbieta Hancke

Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery Nursing, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. Head of the Department: Maria T. Szewczyk MD, PhD; Department of Vascular Surgery and Angiology, University Hospital No. 1, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. Head of the Department: Prof. Arkadiusz Jawie? MD, PhD.
  2. Department of Vascular Surgery and Angiology, University Hospital No. 1, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. Head of the Department: Prof. Arkadiusz Jawie? MD, PhD.
  3. Department of Surgery Nursing, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. Head of the Department: Maria T. Szewczyk MD, PhD.
  4. Neurological and Neurosurgical Nursing Department, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. Head of the Department: Robert ?lusarz MD.

PMID: 26755912 PMCID: PMC4697015 DOI: 10.5114/pdia.2014.40983

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Attempts to determine the quality of life are advisable in patients with ulcers as the group affected with this problem is relatively large. According to one Polish randomized trial, approximately 0.3-2% of the adult population suffers from active or healed venous ulcers.

AIM: To compare the quality of life of patients with leg ulcers of venous and arterial etiology and those with lower limb skin lesions due to chronic venous insufficiency.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: This study included 90 consecutive patients with ulcers of venous (n = 30) or arterial etiology (n = 30), or patients with trophic disorders of the skin associated with chronic venous insufficiency (n = 30) treated at the Venous Ulceration Outpatient Clinic and at the Department and Clinic of General Surgery, Dr. J. Biziel Memorial University Hospital No. 2, in Bydgoszcz. This study was designed as a questionnaire survey and included the Skindex-29 instrument for the assessment of quality of life in patients with dermatological conditions.

RESULTS: Overall, the global Skinndex-29 scores of all studied participants ranged between 37 and 136 points, 23.93 points on average. The analyzed groups of patients differed significantly with respect to the average level of the global quality of life determined using the Skindex-29 questionnaire.

CONCLUSIONS: Significant differences were observed in the global quality of life of patients who suffered from venous or arterial leg ulcers or skin lesions resulting from chronic venous insufficiency.

Keywords: Skindex-29; health-related quality of life; leg ulcers

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