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Pain Relief Strategies for Dressing Change in Chronic Wounds

NCT ID: NCT05414916

Last Updated: 2023-12-04

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

25 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-04-05

Study Completion Date

2024-09-30

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Pain Chronic Wound

Keywords

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Dressing

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Living with a chronic wound, informally or privately caring for someone with a chronic wound or providing medical care (e.g. dressing change) for someone with a chronic wound
* Ability to give informed consent
* Aged aged 18 years or above

Exclusion Criteria

* Vulnerable patients (e.g. severe mental illness, learning difficulties, dementia, care home residents)
* Inability to provide informed consent
* Inability to communicate in English
* Not living with a chronic wound, informally or privately caring for someone with a chronic wound or providing medical care (e.g. dressing change) for someone with a chronic wound
* Under 18 years of age
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Sheffield

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Richard Cooper, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Sheffield

Locations

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Goole Health Centre

Goole, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Clifton Medical Centre

Rotherham, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United Kingdom

Central Contacts

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Richard Cooper, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +44 114 222 0768

Email: [email protected]

Andy Kirkcaldy, BA, MSc

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +44 114 222 0741

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Jo Panizales

Role: primary

Dale Carter

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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165104

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id