Use of compression therapy to treat lower limb wounds across Europe: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Poor lower wound care is an avoidable patient harm. Compression therapy is an effective way of treating non-ischaemic lower limbs wounds, but it is not always used appropriately. There are many guidelines which set out how compression therapy should be used, but there is dearth of evidence about how it is actually used at a population level across Europe.

Aim

The aim of this scoping review is to map the evidence published in English relating to the use of compression therapy to treat lower limb wounds across Europe.

Methods

This scoping review will be conducted in line with the Joanna Briggs Institute and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses for Protocols and Scoping Reviews guidance. A search for relevant publications will b

SUBMITTER: Samuriwo R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7467513 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature