Does Use of a Wound After-care Summary Improve Patient Satisfaction and Time to Wound Healing?

Wounds Clinical Trial

Official title:

Does Use of a Wound After-care Summary Improve Patient Satisfaction and Time to Wound Healing?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00761839
• Other study ID #: XVA 41-027
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 29, 2008
• Last updated: May 5, 2015
• Start date: July 2008
• Est. completion date: December 2009

Study information

• Verified date: May 2015
• Source: VA Office of Research and Development
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate a patient education program for chronic wound care. The wound care nurse practitioner (NP) at the Ann Arbor VAMC will use a wound self-management "after-care summary" with approximately half of her patients. This study will examine whether using this patient education tool for self-management of wound care results in improved patient outcomes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: December 2009
• Est. primary completion date: June 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

All patients presenting for outpatient wound care at the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center NP wound care clinic, who meet the following inclusion criteria for chronic wounds: stage II, III, IV pressure ulcers; venous stasis ulcers, and diabetic ulcers.

Exclusion Criteria:

Cognitively impaired patients who cannot give informed consent.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Wounds

Intervention

Behavioral:
• After-care summary
The wound care NP will measure the wound and assess adherence to the following self-management activities: visiting the wound care clinic as scheduled; offloading; applying dressings; obtaining assistance at home; and participating in social activities. This information will be entered into a computer database on a VA computer that will generate a summary chart showing the relationship between adherence and wound healing. The generated "after-care summary" will be discussed with the patient and used to set self-management goals.
• Control group
Patients in the control group will receive usual counseling for self-management.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI	Ann Arbor	Michigan
United States	VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA	Seattle	Washington

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
VA Office of Research and Development

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	patient satisfaction, frequency of self-management activities, time to healing		Outcomes are measured at each participating patient's visit for one year or until the patient's wound is healed, whichever comes first.	No