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A small-scale study using interviews to explore patients', carers' and health care professionals' experience of pain relief strategies currently used in UK practice for dressing change in chronic wounds.


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In 2012/2013, the National Health Service (NHS) managed an estimated 2.2 million adults >18 years of age with a wound, of which 48% were estimated as being chronic. A chronic wound is an open sore in the skin that does not heal, or takes a long time to heal, and frequently comes back. Chronic wounds include pressure ulcers (bed sores), venous (vein-related) leg ulcers, and foot ulcers in people who have diabetes. Pain is a common experience for people living with chronic wounds and can result from the wound itself, treatments for chronic wounds, including dressing changes; or be anticipatory. Pain during dressing change has been reported as the worst part of living with chronic wounds, followed closely by wound cleansing. Furthermore, dried out dressings and adherent products are most likely to cause pain and trauma at dressing changes as is gauze, while products such as hydrogels and soft silicone dressings are least likely. Evidence suggests that supporting the surrounding skin during dressing removal is not considered a priority, despite evidence that many adhesive products may lead to skin stripping and potential skin trauma and pain. There is at present little recent evidence of pain relief strategies that are currently being used in the UK for dressing change in chronic wounds that includes patients', carers' and healthcare professionals' (people who work in the NHS) use and experience of these. This qualitative research will explore providers' and recipients' self-reported experiences of chronic wound care, and explore strategies used to reduce pain at dressing change. It will ask about the perceived success of these strategies from different participant perspectives, along with how pain is assessed. Perceptions of what factors might contribute to pain at dressing change (e.g., dressing and wound type, skill levels) will be captured along with perceptions of what could improve the management of pain at dressing change. ;


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NCT number NCT05414916
Study type Observational
Source University of Sheffield
Contact Richard Cooper, PhD
Phone +44 114 222 0768
Email richard.cooper@sheffield.ac.uk
Status Recruiting
Phase
Start date April 5, 2022
Completion date September 30, 2024

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