Wounds Protocol at Family Health Strategy Units in a Rio Grande do Sul Countryside Town

Chronic Vascular Wounds in Adults Clinical Trial

Official title:

Implementing and Assessing an Wounds Protocol at Family Health Strategy Units in a Rio Grande do Sul Countryside Town

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03211637
• Other study ID #: HNSConceicaoMP
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 2016
• Est. completion date: June 2018

Study information

• Verified date: October 2018
• Source: Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Evaluate the process for implementing a wound protocol for lesion control and cost-effectiveness in the context of the Family Health Strategy in the city of Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: June 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 60 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Presenting vascular (venous, arterial or mixed) ulcers for over 1 year;

• Be available to have wounds dressed at the healthcare unit;

• Be a patient registered with the Family Health Strategy teams.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Have some condition rendering the patient unable to go to the unit, such as being bedridden or having had a lower limb amputated;

• Having decompensated diabetes mellitus;

• Having move away from the Family Health Strategy unit's coverage area.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Vascular Wounds in Adults
• Wounds and Injuries

Intervention

Combination Product:
• Wounds Protocol
Nurses who have been trained to use wound dressing supplies and also on the use of the protocol.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Lesion remission by measuring the surface area of the wound	Remission of the wound, and other clinical variables such as odor, pain, infection and presence of exudate.	one month