Fundamentals and Administration Department, College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
Surgery Department, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
J Wound Care. 2024 Jul 2;33(7):526-532. doi: 10.12968/jowc.2022.0049.
A hard-to-heal wound is defined as a wound that failed to proceed through the normal phases of wound healing in an orderly and timely manner. The purpose of this article is to describe the impact of hard-to-heal wounds on the wellbeing, quality of life (QoL) and satisfaction with QoL of patients in Oman with hard-to-heal wounds.
A descriptive cross-sectional study of patients with hard-to-heal wounds attending three tertiary care hospitals using a self-reported questionnaire was conducted.
A total of 275 patients took part in the study. Patients reported a low wellbeing score (67.06±19.72), moderate QoL score (52.18±25.07) and moderate satisfaction scores (68.91±23.88). Significant mean differences were reported with age, sex, educational level, monthly income and type of wound all at p<0.05.
The findings of this study demonstrated that hard-to-heal wounds could influence the wellbeing, QoL and overall satisfaction with QoL of patients.
Funding was received through an internal grant of the Sultan Qaboos University to conduct the research conducting the research (IG/CON/FACN/20/01). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
难以愈合的伤口是指未能按正常顺序和及时地经历伤口愈合正常阶段的伤口。本文旨在描述难以愈合的伤口对阿曼患有难以愈合伤口的患者的健康、生活质量（QoL）和对 QoL 的满意度的影响。
采用自我报告问卷，对三家三级护理医院的难以愈合伤口患者进行描述性横断面研究。
共有 275 名患者参加了这项研究。患者报告的健康评分较低（67.06±19.72），生活质量评分中等（52.18±25.07），对生活质量的总体满意度评分中等（68.91±23.88）。报告的年龄、性别、教育水平、月收入和伤口类型均存在显著的均值差异，均为 p<0.05。
这项研究的结果表明，难以愈合的伤口可能会影响患者的健康、生活质量和对生活质量的总体满意度。
开展这项研究的资金是通过苏丹卡布斯大学的内部拨款获得的（IG/CON/FACN/20/01）。作者没有利益冲突需要声明。
