Nurse-led patient education for persons suffering from a venous leg ulcer in outpatient’s clinics and homecare settings : a scoping review
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AIM OF THIS STUDY: To provide an overview of the available nurse-led individualized educational interventions, for persons with Venous Leg Ulcer (VLUs) in an outpatient or homecare settings. MATERIALS AND METHODS: For this scoping review, a search was performed between December 2019 and January 2020. To identify sources of evidence a systematic search was conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, PsychINFO, Web of Science and LiSSa as well as in clinical trial registers to identify sources of evidence. All types of evidence associated with a nurse led-intervention were included. RESULTS: Fifteen sources of evidence met the inclusion criteria. Educational sessions varied in modality, content and duration. Education sessions were face to face and supported by written materiel. The content focused on compression therapy and exercises. The duration and numbers of sessions varied. The most reported health related outcomes was wound healing. CONCLUSION: This scoping review provides a broad overview of the available evidence and ongoing research for individualized nurse-led education persons with VLUs. Variability in the literature was found, which suggests that more intervention studies are needed to test and evaluate efficacy of nurse-led patient education.
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Only a few studies have explored the effectiveness of individualized nurse-led educational interventions for promoting self-management among those with venous leg ulcers.
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- Authors
- Bobbink, P., Pugliese, M.-T., Larkin, P., & Probst, S.
- Affiliations
- HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (CH)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Bobbink, Paul
- Venue
- Journal of Tissue Viability
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-11
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 297-309
- ISSN
- 0268-0009 (ISSN-L)
- 0965-206X
- OpenAlex
- W3082961369
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 69
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 0.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Tissue Viability (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- SERVAL (Université de Lausanne) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- IRIS (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- ArODES (HES-SO (https://www.hes-so.ch/)) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Wound Healing and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Nursing Roles and Practices
- Keywords
- venous leg ulcers, nurse-led patient education, compression therapy, wound healing, home care, outpatient clinics, wound care education
- MeSH terms
- Ambulatory Care Facilities, Home Care Services, Humans, Patient Education as Topic, Varicose Ulcer, Outcome Assessment, Health Care
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