Abstract
The SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) pandemic saw the introduction of safety measures such as social distancing, isolation and shielding. This has facilitated health care services transformation, particularly in tissue viability services, where a decrease in community nursing visits, limited outpatient appointments and few face-to-face GP appointments have increased the need for patients to be actively involved in their own care. Such a shift has contributed towards patients and health professionals (HCP) sharing treatment and care responsibilities to maintain the patients’ health. This shift brings about its own challenges, with patients requiring a degree of knowledge and skills of wound care to be able to confidently manage their wounds. The terms self-care, shared care and supported self-management are often used to refer to patient involvement in their treatment and care but a lack of consensus around the extent of patient involvement and an absence of strategic guidelines for shared or self-management of lower limb wounds contributes towards difficulties in understanding the extent of patient involvement. This paper provides a narrative review of current literature focused on shared, self or supported self-management practices and perceptions in the management of lower limb wounds.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 36-44 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Wounds UK |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 4 |
Publication status | Published - 5 Nov 2021 |