Stručni rad

Quality of Life and Perception of Disease in Patients with Chronic Leg Ulcer

Renata Brtan Romić ; Clinical Department of Dermatovenereology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Anđelka Brtan ; Clinical Department of Dermatovenereology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Romić ; Clinical Department of Surgery, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Hrvoje Cvitanović ; Department of Dermatovenereology, Karlovac General Hospital Karlovac, Croatia
Tomislav Duvančić ; Clinical Department of Dermatovenereology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Liborija Lugović-Mihić ; Clinical Department of Dermatovenereology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia

Sažetak

Chronic wounds on lower extremities most commonly result from chronic venous insufficiency. Chronic leg ulcer impacts the quality of life in a number of ways such as reduced mobility, pain, unpleasant odor, sleep disturbances, social isolation, etc. This study included 100 patients with chronic wounds/lower leg ulcer (59% of women and 41% of men, aged 31 to 89) treated locally with special wound dressings for moist wound healing. Study results showed no age and sex correlation with the quality of life, and all participants evaluated their quality of life and health satisfaction as neither good nor bad, but it was found that the disease mostly affected social relationships and to a lesser extent patient satisfaction with their physical and mental health, and the environment. Results on the disease perception showed that the participants considered their disease to have a significant effect on their life and would last for a relatively long time, but they also believed they had good control of their disease. Also, they considered the disease to have many symptoms affecting them; they were worried about their disease which they understood relatively well; they were aware that treatment could be very helpful; and that the disease had moderate effect on their emotional health. According to sex, the disease was found to have greater effect on women (especially on their emotional condition) and women had more faith in successful treatment, while correlation with age was nonsignificant. This study confirmed the importance of the patient psychological condition and the need of due care of their psychological reactions to and facing with the disease.

Ključne riječi

Quality of life; Leg ulcer; Perception; Chronic disease

Hrčak ID:

148887

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/148887

Datum izdavanja:

1.11.2015.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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