Perceptions of patients with wounds due to chronic limb-threatening ischemia.

ABSTRACT: Patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) face numerous barriers to caring for lower extremity wounds. We explored the perceptions of CLTI patients to their wound/management and sought to determine attitudes towards their vascular provider as well as willingness for management through telemedicine. Patients admitted to hospital for treatment of Rutherford Grade 5 and 6 CLTI were asked complete a wound evaluation survey and took part in a semi-structured interview. Semi-structured interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using an inductive coding strategy. Codes were grouped for thematic analysis and aggregated into assertions. Eleven patients with a mean age of 60 years (35-79 years) were interviewed. All patients had peripheral artery disease (PAD) and eight patien

SUBMITTER: Ceja Rodriguez M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8954810 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature