Interventions for helping people adhere to compression treatments for venous leg ulceration

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Weller, Carolina D ^a   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^a   Johnston, Renea V ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EVENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LEG ULCER; NURSE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIALIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; WALKING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; HUMAN RELATION; MOTIVATION; PROCEDURES; SELF HELP; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING; METHODOLOGY; VARICOSIS;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPRESSION BANDAGES; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; SELF CARE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84898736438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008378.pub2     Document Type: Review

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