Gordon, SJ, Murray, SG, Sutton, T, Coulombe, M-M, James, SJ, Van Zanten, M, Lawson, JK and Moffatt, C ORCID: https://orcid.org/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 |
Identifiers: | Number Type 10.1089/lrb.2018.0087 DOI |
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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