Table 2.

Primary and Secondary Aims of LIMPRINT

Primary aim
To determine the prevalence and functional impact of chronic edema within health services at a national and international level using modular epidemiological tools.

Secondary objectives
• To identify, using a case ascertainment questionnaire (CORE TOOL), all patients within defined health services within participating countries, who currently suffer from chronic edema of longer than 3 months duration.
• To determine the impact of chronic edema on the lives of patients using questionnaires as follows:
○ Demographic and disability assessment
○ Health-related quality of life
○ Details of swelling
○ Wound assessment
○ Cancer assessment
• To estimate the proportion of patients with chronic edema who also have a wound in the same anatomical area