The Leg Ulcer Prevention Program: effectiveness of a multimedia client education package for people with venous leg ulcers
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The prolonged and recurrent nature of venous leg ulceration can be a source of great frustration to client and clinicians alike. Venous ulcers may have a significant effect on a person’s quality of life and treatment of this condition generates a burden on healthcare systems. It is a challenge to assist people with these ulcers to adhere to treatment and to generate and maintain positive lifestyle changes so as to reduce the risk of delayed healing, ulcer recurrence and poor health.
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تاریخ انتشار 2010