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## Objective: To investigate the impact of patient education interventions on preventing the recurrence of venous leg ulcers (VLU). ## Method: A systematic review was undertaken using the following databases: Cochrane Wounds Specialised Register; the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL; The Cochrane Library); Ovid; Ovid (In-process and Other Non-Indexed Citations); Ovid Embase and EBSCO CINAHL. Trial registries and reference lists of relevant publications for published and ongoing trials were also searched. There were no language or publication date restrictions. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and cluster RCTs of patient educational interventions for preventing VLU recurrence were included. Review authors working independently assessed trials for their appropriateness for inclusion and for their risk of bias, using pre-determined inclusion and quality criteria. ## Results: A total of four studies met the inclusion criteria (274 participants). Each trial explored different interventions as follows: the Lively legs programme; education delivered via a video compared with education delivered via a pamphlet; the Leg Ulcer Prevention Programme and the Lindsay Le

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Author

Emer Shanley; Zena Moore; Declan Patton; Tom O’Connor; Linda Nugent; Aglecia MV Budri; Pinar Avsar

Publisher

Mark Allen Group; Mark Allen Publishing Ltd. (ISSN 0969-0700)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)