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Wickramasekera N, Palfreyman S, Lumley E, Dosanjh A, Shackley P. Managing the delivery of venous leg ulcer services: A willingness to pay study. Health Sci Rep 2022; 5:e715. [PMID: 35782302 PMCID: PMC9240381 DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Faculty of Nursing University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada
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- School of Health and Related Research University of Sheffield Sheffield UK
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- School of Health and Related Research University of Sheffield Sheffield UK
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- School of Health and Related Research University of Sheffield Sheffield UK
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Monshipouri M, Aliahmad B, Ogrin R, Elder K, Anderson J, Polus B, Kumar D. Thermal imaging potential and limitations to predict healing of venous leg ulcers. Sci Rep 2021; 11:13239. [PMID: 34168251 PMCID: PMC8225806 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92828-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Area analysis of thermal images can detect delayed healing in diabetes foot ulcers, but not venous leg ulcers (VLU) assessed in the home environment. This study proposes using textural analysis of thermal images to predict the healing trajectory of venous leg ulcers assessed in home settings. Participants with VLU were followed over twelve weeks. Digital images, thermal images and planimetry of wound tracings of the ulcers of 60 older participants was recorded in their homes by nurses. Participants were labelled as healed or unhealed based on status of the wound at the 12th week follow up. The weekly change in textural features was computed and the first two principal components were obtained. 60 participants (aged 80.53 ± 11.94 years) with 72 wounds (mean area 21.32 ± 51.28cm2) were included in the study. The first PCA of the change in textural features in week 2 with respect to week 0 were statistically significant for differentiating between healed and unhealed cases. Textural analysis of thermal images is an effective method to predict in week 2 which venous leg ulcers will not heal by week 12 among older people whose wounds are being managed in their homes.
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- Mahta Monshipouri
- Biosignals for Affordable Healthcare, RMIT University, 124 Latrobe Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- Biosignals for Affordable Healthcare, RMIT University, 124 Latrobe Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- Biosignals for Affordable Healthcare, RMIT University, 124 Latrobe Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
- Bolton Clarke Research Institute, Bentleigh, VIC, Australia
- Department of Business Strategy & Innovation, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Bolton Clarke, 31 Janefield Drive, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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- Biosignals for Affordable Healthcare, RMIT University, 124 Latrobe Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- Biosignals for Affordable Healthcare, RMIT University, 124 Latrobe Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia.
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Rumaihi KA, Boorjian SA, Jewett M. Evolving Changes in the Delivery of Health Services: A Place for Urological Homecare? Eur Urol 2019; 75:543-545. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2018.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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