Characteristics of chronic ulcer patients by gender and ulcer aetiology from a multidisciplinary wound centre.
comorbidity
diabetes mellitus
hypertension
leg ulcer
sex
Journal
International wound journal
ISSN: 1742-481X
Titre abrégé: Int Wound J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101230907
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2024
Aug 2024
Historique:
revised:
16
07
2024
received:
20
05
2024
accepted:
16
07
2024
medline:
7
8
2024
pubmed:
7
8
2024
entrez:
7
8
2024
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Chronic ulcer patients form a heterogenous group of patients with various medical backgrounds. Cost-effective targeted treatment necessitates more knowledge about specific features related to different subgroups of ulcer patients. Hence, this study aimed to characterize ulcer patients according to gender and ulcer aetiology. A total of 946 consecutively recorded chronic ulcer patients in the Tampere Wound Registry (TWR) were included and data were gathered from the TWR and patient medical records. Comparisons were made between males and females and patients with venous-, arterial or mixed-, diabetic foot-, pressure- and atypical ulcers. Male patients were found to have diabetes, hypercholesterolemia and obesity significantly more often than females (59.2% vs. 39.6%; p < 0.001, 46.5% vs. 33.3%; p = 0.001, 42.7% vs. 35.9%; p = 0.017 respectively), whereas autoimmune diseases were more common among females (30.6% vs. 15.6%; p < 0.001). Recurrence of ulcers was most common among patients with venous ulcers (p < 0.001) and multimorbidity among those with diabetic foot ulcers (p < 0.001). To conclude, males with chronic ulcers would benefit particularly from lifestyle advice, multidisciplinary treatment should be targeted specifically at those with diabetic and arterial or mixed ulcers and preventive measures at those with venous ulcers.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e70012Subventions
Organisme : Tays
ID : 9X061
Organisme : Tays
ID : 9AC033
Organisme : Tays
ID : MK326
Organisme : Tays
ID : MJ006M
Informations de copyright
© 2024 The Author(s). International Wound Journal published by Medicalhelplines.com Inc and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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