Author: Sue Simmonds

We believe that skin health and wound healing is everyone’s business and that change happens when we work together, not in silos.

Journal of Tissue Viability, Research

Patients ‘acceptance’ of chronic wound-associated pain

Patients ‘acceptance’ of chronic wound-associated pain – a qualitative descriptive study Sebastian Probst, Geraldine Gschwind, Louise Murphy , Duygu Sezgin , Peter Carr, Caroline McIntosh, Georgina Gethin, view paper on the JTV website. This paper starts by telling us that chronic wound-associated pain has a negative impact on the quality of life of individuals and […]

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Interventions, stakeholders and organisation related to pressure ulcer prevention for individuals with spinal cord injuries in transition from hospital to home – A scoping review

Knaerke Soegaard, Martin Sollie, Dimitri Beeckman, Fin Biering-Sørensen, Jens Ahm-Sørensen, view paper on the JTV website. This is a scoping review, which aims to assess the potential size and scope of available literature in a particular research area. This review looks at any studies that included an initiaitive, organisational components and/or stakeholders’ perspectives on pressure […]

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Comparative effectiveness of heel-specific medical devices for the prevention of heel pressure ulcers: A systematic review

Greenwood C, Nelson EA, Nixon J, Vargas-Palacios A, McGinnis E, view paper on the JTV website. This review of randomised control trials concludes that from the low-quality evidence available offloading devices may reduce pressure heel ulceration, but there is insufficient evidence to support the idea that dressings reduce incidence. This indicates that offloading needs to […]

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