Compliance with compression therapy in primary chronic venous disease: Results from a tropical country

被引：27

作者：

Ayala, Alvaro ^{[1
]}

Guerra, Jose D. ^{[1
]}

Ulloa, Jorge H. ^{[1
,2
]}

Kabnick, Lowell ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Los Andes, Fac Med, Bogota, Colombia

[2] Hosp Univ Fdn Santafe Bogota, Vasc Surg Sect, Bogota, Colombia

[3] NYU, Langone Med Ctr, New York, NY USA

来源：

PHLEBOLOGY | 2019年 / 34卷 / 04期

关键词：

Chronic venous insufficiency; compression therapy; compliance; compression stockings; CLINICAL-PRACTICE-GUIDELINES; ENDOVENOUS LASER-ABLATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; VASCULAR-SURGERY; VARICOSE-VEINS; SAPHENOUS-VEIN; STOCKINGS; MANAGEMENT; SOCIETY;

D O I：

10.1177/0268355518798153

中图分类号：

R61 [外科手术学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Objectives To describe compliance rates of compression therapy in a cohort of patients with chronic venous disease and also to describe frequent causes of non-compliance. Methods A total of 889 patients with primary chronic venous disease were prescribed compression therapy after being evaluated by vascular surgeons. Subjects had a first visit during which time compression therapy was prescribed in addition to a follow-up visit. Strength of compression, type, prescription duration, and reasons of non-compliance were queried at follow-up. Results Only 31.8% of the patients reported wearing compression therapy as prescribed, 31.4% reported wearing compression most days, 28.3% reported wearing compression intermittently, and 8.5% of the patients reported not wearing compression at all. The main reasons of non-compliance were: uncomfortable (49.4%), too difficult to put on (34.5%), skin problems (itching) (21.5%), and unattractive (19.8%). Conclusions Compliance with compression therapy in chronic venous disease is still a subject of concern as most patients are not using compression therapy as prescribed.

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