dc.contributor | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) | |
dc.contributor | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) | |
dc.contributor | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) | |
dc.creator | Cataldo, J. L. | |
dc.creator | Pereira de Godoy, J. M. | |
dc.creator | Barros, N. de [UNIFESP] | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-24T14:17:54Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-07T20:29:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-01-24T14:17:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-10-07T20:29:27Z | |
dc.date.created | 2016-01-24T14:17:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-02-01 | |
dc.identifier | Phlebology. London: Royal Soc Medicine Press Ltd, v. 27, n. 1, p. 33-37, 2012. | |
dc.identifier | 0268-3555 | |
dc.identifier | http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/34617 | |
dc.identifier | 10.1258/phleb.2011.010088 | |
dc.identifier | WOS:000300135000006 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/4018696 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: the aim of this study was to analyse the medical indication and the use of elastic compression stockings, and to assess patient adherence to treatment in different regions of Brazil.Method: the prescription and clinical indication of elastic stockings were evaluated in a prospective, descriptive, cross-sectional, multicentre study for a population of private patients. in 2009, 3414 patients from 123 treatment centres in southern, south-eastern and north-eastern Brazil were evaluated using a questionnaire. the following variables were analysed: sociodemographic (gender, age, occupation and education), lifestyle (physical activity and time spent standing); classification of venous disease (CEAP [clinical, aetiological, anatomical and pathophysiological] classification - clinical criteria), indications for prescription, consumer behaviour (strength, acquisition and use of stockings) and criteria of satisfaction (improvement, duration of use, adherence). the effects of compression therapy were assessed at a follow-up visit approximately 30 days after starting treatment with the following items being assessed: complaints about pain, discomfort, burning sensation and oedema of the leg while using elastic stockings. Multivariate analysis was used to compare data with an alpha error of 5% (P value < 0.05) being considered acceptable.Results: the average age increased with the severity of chronic venous insufficiency; the main indications used by physicians were leg pain and discomfort; 89.3% of patients bought stockings and thus started treatment with more than 90% of these reporting improvements in symptoms.Conclusion: Elastic stockings are available to the Brazilian population, look acceptable at the time of purchase and provide good results; however, some limitations regarding their use need to be addressed. | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | Royal Soc Medicine Press Ltd | |
dc.relation | Phlebology | |
dc.rights | Acesso restrito | |
dc.subject | compression therapy | |
dc.subject | chronic venous diseases | |
dc.subject | elastic stockings | |
dc.title | The use of compression stockings for venous disorders in Brazil | |
dc.type | Artigo | |