Leprosy Mailing List – August 2, 2015
Ref.: (LML) plantar ulcers – survey new events
From: Erik Post, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Dear Pieter,
Please find below some feedback to the question of Dr Jingquan Wang (LML, July 16, 2015) about wound assessment. This feedback is based on a large multi-country study that I was involved with on the efficacy of self-care groups with regard to multiple outcomes, including wound healing (the INNI study).
We measured wound healing by longest diameter and 90 degrees axis, outcomes defined as improved when smaller, healed when closed, and deteriorated when bigger. We did not look at other characteristics of the wounds. For the overall picture this approach worked. The diameter as the only parameter was described by Kantor, the article from 1998 is the interesting one. We considered the Bates-Johnson tool, but it became too complicated for the field level we did the assessment for, and was not within reach of the INNI assessment.
Hope this helps,
Erik Post
LML - S Deepak, B Naafs, S Noto and P Schreuder
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