Using a patient focus group to improve leg ulcer management.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Using a patient focus group to identify how leg ulcer management in the community setting can be improved.
IRAS ID
238992
Contact name
Clair Priestley
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Bradford University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 2 days
Research summary
Previous audit in the author's local area indicates that leg ulcer management in the community setting could be improved. Leg ulcer management policy is often not adhered to and patients often do not receive adequate assessment of their leg ulcers. This means that a high percentage of patients are not receiving optimal treatment. Reasons given for this include lack of knowledge around leg ulcer management amongst nursing staff, ineffective communication between staff and patients and patient non-concordance. The patient focus group will explore reasons which could explain this and strategies to address these issues.
REC name
South Central - Hampshire B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/SC/0446
Date of REC Opinion
9 Aug 2018
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion