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Gordon, S.J., Murray, S.G., Sutton, T., Coulombe, M.-M., James, S.J., Van Zanten, M., Lawson, J.K. and Moffatt, C. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-2436-0129,
2019.
LIMPRINT in Australia.
Lymphatic Research and Biology, 17 (2), pp. 173-177.
ISSN 1539-6851
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Abstract
Background and study objective: Australia was one of nine participating countries in the epidemiology Phase II LIMPRINT project to determine the number of people with chronic oedema in local health services.
Methods and results: Data collection occurred through questionnaire-based interviews and clinical assessment with provided LIMPRINT tools. Four different types of services across three states in Australia participated. A total of 222 adults participated with an age range from 22 to 102 years, and 60% were female. Site 1 included three residential care facilities (54% of participants had swelling), site 2 was community delivered aged care services (24% of participants had swelling), site 3 was a hospital setting (facility-based prevalence study) (28% of participants had swelling) and site 4 was a wound treatment centre (specific patient population) (100% of participants had swelling). Of those with chronic oedema or secondary lymphoedema 93% were not related to cancer, the lower limbs were affected in 51% of cases and 18% of participants with swelling reported one or more episodes of cellulitis in the previous year. Wounds were identified in 47% (n=105) of all participants with more than half of those with wounds coming from the dedicated wound clinic. Leg/foot ulcer was the most common type of wound (65% n=68).
Conclusion: Distances between services, lack of specialised services and various state funding models contribute to inequities in CO treatment. Understanding the high number of non-cancer related chronic oedema presentations will assist health services to provide timely, effective care and improve referral pathways.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||
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| Publication Title: | Lymphatic Research and Biology | ||||
| Creators: | Gordon, S.J., Murray, S.G., Sutton, T., Coulombe, M.-M., James, S.J., Van Zanten, M., Lawson, J.K. and Moffatt, C. | ||||
| Publisher: | Mary Ann Liebert | ||||
| Date: | 17 April 2019 | ||||
| Volume: | 17 | ||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||
| ISSN: | 1539-6851 | ||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||
| Record created by: | Jonathan Gallacher | ||||
| Date Added: | 20 Mar 2019 13:28 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 24 Sep 2019 13:29 | ||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/36095 |
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