Measuring outcomes with complex patients: An audit of the effect of Actiform Cool on painful wounds

Wounds UK

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 22-31

  Bradbury, Sarah ^a   Ivins, Nicola ^a   Harding, Keith ^a   Turner, Anna ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actiform cool; Complex wounds; Outcome measures; Wound pain

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP PATTERN; THERAPY EFFECT; WOUND; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 54549111269     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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