Venous leg ulcer healing as a determinant of quality of life in patients treated with unna boot: A quasi-experimental study

• Published in: PloS one 2025-01, Vol.20 (1), p.e0314490
• Main Authors: Galvão de Oliveira, Mário Lins, León-Morillas, Felipe, Andriola, Isadora Costa, Gómez Martínez, Carmelo Sergio, Dantas, Bruno Araújo da Silva, Torres, Gilson de Vasconcelos
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aged; Biology and Life Sciences; Chronic illnesses; Compression; Compression Bandages; Compression stockings; Compression therapy; Consent; Data collection; Etiology; Female; Healing; Health aspects; Humans; Leg; Leg ulcers; Male; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Medicine, Experimental; Middle Aged; Observational studies; Patients; People and Places; Quality of Life; Social aspects; Social Sciences; Surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Therapy; Treatment Outcome; Ulcers; Varicose Ulcer - psychology; Varicose Ulcer - therapy; Wound Healing
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314490

Our objective was to assess the effect of Venous Leg Ulcer (VLU) healing on Quality of Life (QoL) in patients undergoing compression therapy. This non-randomized, quasi-experimental, and observational study involved patients with VLU. A convenience sample of individuals receiving services was followed for at least one year while undergoing compression therapy. The Medical Outcomes Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) and the Charing Cross Venous Ulcer Questionnaire (CCVUQ) were employed to measure the variables of interest. Study participants were categorized into the Healed Group (HG) and the Unhealed Group (UG). The final sample comprised 103 individuals. The HG demonstrated improvements in SF-36 scores in the domains of Social Role Functioning (n = 34, p