https://doi.org/10.4081/ijwc.2021.77
Empowerment and patient-centered care: A therapeutic educational project for patient with venous ulcers. A pilot study
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This project involved conception, validation and testing of a paper training tool, developed for the patient accessing the nursing clinic because of its venous leg ulcer. A multi-professional Team designed and validated a five item questionnaire concerning the disease awareness, the need for therapy and the knowledge of some basic pathophysiology contents. The questionnaire was submitted to the enrolled patients before and after a training intervention in order to test its effectiveness (pre-post test without control group). An analysis of the effect of the intervention was carried out by testing the Pre-Post Intervention mean scores variation. Our primary efficacy endpoint tested is statistically significant (p<0.001) for the selected sample: Pre-I mean 6.22 (95% CI 5.22-7.21) Post-I mean 10.83 (95% CI 10.59-11.06). According to scientific literature, this pilot study has enabled the wound care nurse to make the importance of implementing patient knowledge clear in order to achieve a targeted customized intervention. The training intervention, perfectible as well as structured, must be considered as a starting point for further future developments.
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Feliziani, K., Dichiara, A., Faccenda, G., Romanelli, M., & Paggi, B. (2021). Empowerment and patient-centered care: A therapeutic educational project for patient with venous ulcers. A pilot study. Italian Journal of Wound Care, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/ijwc.2021.77
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