The Use of Compression in Institutions and at People's Homes

Summary

The compression therapy is a main treatment for chronic venous disease and its different phases. It has proven its effectiveness and usefulness in preventive phase and curative phase. Gérontopôle AURA leads with his partner Sigvaris a large study about the compression in institutions and at patient's homes. Indeed, through 3 studies, the mains goals are to identify the facilities and difficulties about the use of the actual tools. The final aim is to propose a future compression device wich could be adapted and that responds to the needs of users and the realities of the field. First study: Construction of a representative morphological database of people who are 60 years old and older. Indeed, the actually sizing tables are not specifics so not adapted to the morphology of the wearer. This can have an impact on the effectiveness of the treatment and the comfort of the patient. Second study: Have a deep comprehension about the pathway of the compression stockings and bandage in public and private establishment specifically retirements homes for dependant elderly people and hospital. The objectives are to understand and identify the role of health professionals from prescription to implementation to the compressive tools and have their feeds backs. Moreover, the goal is to collect the uses and constraints related to compression systems and to identify the possible improvements, needs and hindrances in link with compressions products. Third study: Study of acceptability of a new adjustable compression solution for venous ulcers. The main goal is to understand the needs and expectations by the users and to know if a new adjustable compression system could be accepted by them. For that, it's important to have a feed back about the use of the compression by the caregivers, medical staff and patients and evaluate the comfort about the use of the compression at patient's home and in institutions. Getting their advices, opinions are necessary too.

Conditions

• Aging

Interventions

OTHER

Individual interviews

Identify the needs and expectations of the users about the compression therapy; Identify the possible facilities and difficulties in link with the management of the venous leg ulcers; Identify care experiences; Identify experiences about the actual compressions systems

OTHER

Focus groups

Identify facilities and difficulties in link with the prescription and implementation of the compression therapy everyday

OTHER

Questionary and measures

To take measurement of patients who lives in institution or at their home and take measure of hydration and some other measures like the Group Iso Resource (GIR) and the capacity of the person to getting out of the bed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Sigvaris Corporation

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• Gerontopole Auvergne Rhone-Alpes (AURA)

  collaborator OTHER

• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Nathalie Barth, PHD · Gerontopole Auvergne Rhone-Alpes (AURA)

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-02-14

Primary Completion

2021-06-30

Completion

2021-06-30

Countries

• France

Study Locations