Table 1.

Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients with venous leg ulcer

	With brochure, n (%)	Without brochure, n (%)	P
Age in years: mean/median/SD	70.9/72.5/12.2	71.6/75.0/12.6	.840
Sex:
Female	54 (79.4%)	46 (67.6%)	.087
Male	14 (20.6%)	22 (32.4%)
Graduation:
Low	29 (42.6%)	27 (40.3%)	.848
Middle	32 (47.1%)	31 (46.3%)
High	7(10.3%)	9 (13.4%)
Treating institution:
Specialised clinical wound practice	26 (38.2%)	26 (38.2%)	1.000
Outpatient care	25 (36.8%)	25 (36.8%)
Hospital	3 (4.4%)	3 (4.4%)
Practice (physician)	14 (20.6%)	14 (20.6%)
Venous leg ulcer in months of occurrence:
<7 months	42 (61.8%)	27 (39.7%)	.009
7–12 months	17 (25.0%)	18 (26.5%)
>12 months	9 (13.2%)	23 (33.8%)
Mean/median/SD	8.5/6.0/12.5	18.3/8.0/36.1
Total	68 (100%)	68 (100%)