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Evaluate the process for implementing a wound protocol for lesion control and cost-effectiveness in the context of the Family Health Strategy in the city of Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| INTERVENTION GROUP | Experimental | This group comprises 6 healthcare units equipped with a Family Health Strategy, where patients are seen by coordinating nurses who have been trained to use wound dressing supplies and also on the use of the protocol. |
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| CONTROL GROUP | Active Comparator | This group comprising 5 healthcare units equipped with a Family Health Strategy. Patients were seen by coordinating nurses who used techniques and supplies with which they were already familiar. They had no protocol in place. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Wounds Protocol | Combination Product | Nurses who have been trained to use wound dressing supplies and also on the use of the protocol. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Lesion remission by measuring the surface area of the wound | Remission of the wound, and other clinical variables such as odor, pain, infection and presence of exudate. | one month |
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| ID | Term |
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| D014647 | Varicose Ulcer |
| ID | Term |
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| D014648 | Varicose Veins |
| D014652 | Vascular Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |
| D007871 | Leg Ulcer |
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| D012883 |
| Skin Ulcer |
| D012871 | Skin Diseases |
| D017437 | Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases |