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

Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Vascular Wounds in Adults

Treatments: Combination Product: Wounds Protocol

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03211637

HNSConceicaoMP

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

INTERVENTION GROUP

Experimental group

Description:

This group comprises 6 healthcare units equipped with a Family Health Strategy, where patients are seen by coordinating nurses who have been trained to use wound dressing supplies and also on the use of the protocol.

Treatment:

Combination Product: Wounds Protocol

CONTROL GROUP

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group comprising 5 healthcare units equipped with a Family Health Strategy. Patients were seen by coordinating nurses who used techniques and supplies with which they were already familiar. They had no protocol in place.

Treatment:

Combination Product: Wounds Protocol