Tag: Jaap J van Netten

The impact of patient health and lifestyle factors on wound healing, part 1

Stress, sleep, Smoking, alcohol, common Medications and Illicit drug use

 

Georgina Gethin, Sebastian Probst, Evelien Touriany, Georgina Gethin, Jaap J van Netten, Luboš Sobotka

 

Health and a healthy lifestyle are the aspirations of many, but achieving such goals is influenced by a complex interplay of individual choices, intrinsic factors, external influences and context. In 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) defined health as a ‘state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’, and this definition has not changed since.1 The definition is equally applicable to people with chronic wounds as it is to the general population. The health of those with chronic wounds or at risk of a wound is important to understand so that interventions for prevention and management can be developed with the goal of improving the lives of those impacted by wounds … read more

Custom-made footwear designed for indoor use increases short-term and long-term adherence

in people with diabetes at high ulcer risk
To explore changes in footwear adherence following provision of custom-made indoor footwear in people with diabetes at high risk for plantar foot ulceration and in possession of regular custom-made footwear … Adherence indoors and outdoors was assessed objectively as percentage of steps custom-made footwear was worn, at baseline (in regular custom-made footwear), and at 1 and 12 months after providing custom-made indoor footwear (in both indoor and regular footwear). Primary group: participants with low (<80%) baseline indoor adherence; secondary group: participants with high (≥80%) baseline indoor adherence. Peak plantar pressures of the indoor footwear were compared with … read more