Table 3.
Healing, quality of life, and pain outcomes for those receiving an evidence-based protocol for leg ulcer care in either a nurse clinic or home care setting
| Outcome | Home Group | Clinic Group | p-value |
| Healing | (n = 60)1 % (n) |
(n = 60)2 % (n) |
|
| • 3-month (91 days) | 56.7 (34) | 58.3 (35) | 0.50 |
| Recurrence rate in one year | 21.5 (14) | 24.6 (15) | 0.422 |
| Pain | (n = 52)3 | (n = 49)4 | |
| • No pain | 51.9 (27) | 63.3 (31) | 0.496 |
| • Mild/Discomfort | 36.5 (19) | 26.5 (13) | |
| • Distressing/horrible/excruciating | 11.5 (6) | 10.2 (5) | |
| SF12 Scores | (n = 52)3 n (sd) |
(n = 46)5 n (sd) |
|
| • Mental Component | 51.8 (11.8) | 53.9 (9.1) | 0.33 |
| • Physical Component | 39.2 (11.9) | 38.9 (10.7) | 0.89 |
1missing 5 cases
2missing 1 cases
3missing 9 cases
4missing 13 cases
5missing 15 cases
Note on missing cases: at the 3-month point cases are missing on the survey data (SF-12 and pain) due to individuals not being willing to complete forms. They agreed to have their clinical data collected but were not willing to complete any forms.