Quality of life in a trial of short stretch versus four-layer bandaging in the management of chronic venous ulceration

Phlebology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-91

  Franks, P J ^a   Moody, M ^a   Moffatt, C J ^a   Patton, J ^b   Bradley, L ^b   Chaloner, D ^c   Stevens, J ^c,d   Lewis, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH EASTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Walsall Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d Hounslow Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohesive short stretch bandage; Four layer bandage; Healing; Randomized controlled trial; Venous ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG ULCER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SLEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; ULCER HEALING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 3042527163     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/026835504323080371     Document Type: Article

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