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Long-term compression therapy in patients with chronic venous diseases – fantasy and realityIntroduction by MUDr. Leo Puszkailer, MUDr. Jan Bialek, doc. MUDr. Dalibor Musil, Ph.D., Mgr. Kateřina Langová, Ph.D. is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

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Compressive therapy is one of the basic and key modalities in chronic venous disorder therapy. On the contrary, it is known thatadherence to compressive therapy is not, due to variable reasons, high. The aim of this work was to find out if the type of lowerlimb compression can influence the adherence to this treatment.Methodic: 62 patients who finished compressive therapy (with the use either of elastic bandage or elastic stockings) were observed.We searched for the relationship between compression wear, BMI and gender. It was searched for the preferential typeof compression and the level of patient adherence to given therapy. The relation of BMI was further examined. Results: It was found out that stockings were preferred in 52 patients (84%) – from this group 32 (62%) patients wore stockingspermanently and 20 patients (38%) wore them more than a half week. In the group of patients who preferred elastic bandage,4 patients (40%) wore them permanently and 6 (60%) wore them more than a half week. The relationship between the type ofcompression and BMI was proved. Obese patients more preferred elastic bandage – it was chosen in 6 (75%) obese patients. Thegender was not proved to be de

Author

MUDr. Leo Puszkailer, MUDr. Jan Bialek, doc. MUDr. Dalibor Musil, Ph.D., Mgr. Kateřina Langová, Ph.D.

Publisher

Interní medicína pro praxi

Published

2018