Association between physical activity levels and healing in people with venous leg ulcers: secondary analysis of prospective cohort data.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To explore the relationship between physical activity levels and wound healing and recurrence in people with venous leg ulcers.

Methods

Questionnaires and medical records were used to collect data, with responses used to group participants into different physical activity groups. The differences in healing and recurrence outcomes of ulcers among different physical activity groups were compared using Chi-square, Kaplan Meier survival analysis, Cox proportional hazards regression analysis, and Kruskal-Wallis test. To measure the strength of the association between physical activity levels and patient outcomes, Spearman's Rho tests were used. We used descriptive analysis to examine how physical activity levels change over 24 weeks.

Results

Participants were classifie

SUBMITTER: Qiu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10768026 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature