Patient and clinician experiences and opinions of the use of a novel home use medical device in the treatment of peripheral vascular disease - a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Peripheral vascular diseases have a significant impact on functional quality of life. Previous research has demonstrated the complex, limiting and costly economic implications of these conditions such as lower limb ulceration chronicity and ischaemic amputation. These complex, limb and life threatening conditions demand the development of novel interventions with objective research as part of that development. Hence, a novel intermittent negative pressure medical device in the form of a wearable boot (FlowOx™) was developed. As part of the development process, this study aimed to explore patient and clinician opinions of the boot.

Methods

A qualitative approach was used to collect patient and clinician experiences in Norway. An advisory group informed the semi-str

SUBMITTER: Sedgwick CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8642923 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature