Open AccessWound infection, dressings and pain, is there a relationship in the chronic wound?
Author(s) -
Cutting KF,
White RJ,
Mahoney P
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international wound journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1742-481X
pISSN - 1742-4801
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-481x.2012.00947.x
Subject(s) - medicine , wound care , delphi method , expert opinion , pain management , intensive care medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , clinical practice , chronic pain , wound infection , physical therapy , surgery , nursing , statistics , mathematics
The focus on quality of life issues in wound care has justly taken a far greater importance. With the acceptance that pain can be a major factor to the patient, and in particular, pain at dressing change comes the opportunity for avoidance and/or reduction strategies. Whilst pain has been associated with wound infection for millennia, it is only much more recently that this has received due attention from research and clinical practice. In this study, the nature of pain, changes in pain and pain associated with infection are the focal points. A Delphi approach, now a frequently used tool in wound care research, has been used to obtain expert opinion on these aspects of management.