Life situation and function in elderly people with and without leg ulcers.

Abstract:

:The majority of elderly patients with leg ulcers live at home and receive treatment for their ulcers within the primary health care system. Little is known about the patients' ability or behaviour in the life situation and how well they manage their daily life at home. The Philadelphia Geriatric Center Multilevel Assessment Instrument (PGC MAI) was used to assess and compare the life situation in 70 patients (mean age 79 +/- 6.5 years) with leg ulcers and in 74 elderly persons (mean age 80 +/- 5.7 years) without leg ulcers. The patients with leg ulcers had significantly lower mean values in the domains of physical health, activity of daily living (ADL), cognition, time use and social behaviour, personal adjustment and environmental quality than those without ulcers. Sixty-three percent of the patients reported ulcer-related pain, and all of them were dependent on health care personnel for dressing changes. This may indicate that the life situation among elderly persons with leg ulcers is not so good as compared with that of elderly persons without ulcers and that patients with leg ulcers are more vulnerable than elderly people of the same age.

journal_name

Scand J Caring Sci

authors

Wissing U,Ek AC,Unosson M

doi

10.1046/j.1471-6712.2002.00051.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-03-01 00:00:00

pages

59-65

issue

1

eissn

0283-9318

issn

1471-6712

pii

051

journal_volume

16

pub_type

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