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. 2009 Nov 1;9(18):1–24.

Table 3: Design Details of Included Studies.

Author, Year Population Intervention and Time to
Follow Up
Outcome Measure
Harrison et al, 2005 (10)
  • Persons newly referred to homecare for leg ulcer(s) management

  • Primary nursing delivery model with regional service for leg ulcers centralized to 1 agency.

  • Team members received training in leg ulcer management and followed an evidence-based management protocol.

  • Follow up: 3 months

Primary:
  • Proportion of patients whose leg ulcers healed within 3 months of admission to study.


Secondary:
  • Pain

  • Quality of Life

  • Resource use

Vu et al, 2007 (9)
  • Persons with leg or pressure wounds.

  • Excluded those with infected wounds or diabetes, long-term corticosteroid therapy, chemotherapy or treatment with immunosuppressants.

  • Residents were withdrawn after enrolment if they were admitted to hospital or required wound related medical referral (grafts, infection)

  • Standardized treatment from a wound care team comprised of trained community pharmacists and nurses.

  • A standardized treatment protocol was used and training provided on wound care and the protocol to the team members.

  • Control received usual care. No wound treatment protocol was used.

  • Follow up: 6 months or until wounds healed.

Primary:
  • Percentage of wounds healed in each arm, time to wound healing and treatment costs


Secondary:
  • Pain relief defined as a pain score of 0 during the trial period on the Brief Pain Inventory, an 11-point (0-10) numeric scale to assess wound associated

  • Pain at each visit.