Role of hospital anxiety and depression on the healing of chronic leg ulcer : A prospective study

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A chronic leg ulcer is a debilitating illness, owing to the local condition of the wound and a decrease in physical activity and productivity, resulting in anxiety and depression among patients. The study aimed to find any association of anxiety and depression in the healing of chronic wounds. A total of 125 patients with chronic leg ulcers were enrolled in the study. HADS questionnaire assessment followed the local wound examination in all patients. A follow-up assessment of the ulcer was done after appropriate local treatment, and data analysed with the HADS scale. In the present study, the ROC curve showed a cutoff value of 14 for the HADS score in predicting ulcer status (non-healing vs healed) after 30 days. A total of 54.4% (68) patients had a HADS score ≥ 14 and 39% (49) were true positive for the non-healing wound at a 1-month follow-up. This study revealed a sensitivity and specificity of 83.1% and 71.2%, respectively (P-value <.001), and diagnostic accuracy of 76.8%, for HADS score > 14 in the detection of non-healing ulcers. Chronic leg ulcers should be subjected to HADS assessment and if found significant corrective measures must be instituted for improving wound healing.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

International wound journal - 17(2020), 6 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 1941-1947

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kumar, Navin [VerfasserIn]
Huda, Farhanul [VerfasserIn]
Mani, Rishit [VerfasserIn]
Singla, Tanuj [VerfasserIn]
Kundal, Ashikesh [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Jyoti [VerfasserIn]
Gajula, Bhargav [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chronic leg ulcer
Chronic wound and cut off value of HADS
Journal Article
Leg ulcer and HADS
Leg ulcer and psychological association
Non-healing leg ulcer

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Date Completed 18.08.2021

Date Revised 18.08.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/iwj.13485

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31417866X