Declan Patton, Pinar Avsar, Aicha Sayeh, Aglecia Budri, Tom O'Connor, Simone Walsh, Linda Nugent, Denis Harkin, Niall O'Brien, Jonathan Cayce, Michael Corcoran, Mario Gaztambide, Zena Moore
AIM: To gain a greater understanding of how compression therapy affects quality of life, this systematic review appraised existing published studies measuring the impact of compression therapy on health quality of life (HRQoL), and pain, among people with venous leg ulcers (VLU). METHOD: Five databases were searched, and two authors extracted data and appraised the quality of selected papers using the RevMan risk of bias tool. Due to heterogeneity in the types of compression and instruments used to evaluate HRQoL, meta-analysis was not appropriate; thus, a narrative synthesis of findings was undertaken...
March 2024: International Wound Journal