Compliance and influencing factors of stretch sock pressure therapy with varicose veins of lower extremities

VernacularTitle:下肢静脉曲张患者弹力袜压力治疗的依从性及影响因素分析
Author: Kai ZHENG ¹ ; Qi WANG ; Chunmin LI ; Wangde ZHANG ; Hualiang REN
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1. 首都医科大学附属北京朝阳医院血管外科100020
Keywords: Varicose veins of lower extremities; Elastic socks; Pressure therapy; Compliance
From: Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2021;20(10):1072-1076
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: A total of 280 patients with varicose veins of lower extremities who were prescribed stretch socks as pressure therapy in the outpatient clinic of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital from September 2019 to November 2019 were included in the study. Among 280 patients 208 were followed up for one year(74.3%), 139 cases (66.8%) gave up wearing stretch socks and 69 cases (33.2%) insisted to wear. The main reasons for giving up wearing were feeling too tight (23.1%), too much troubles (17.7%), symptom improvement (15.1%), poor effect (10.8%) and so on. The compliance of wearing stretch socks as pressure therapy in outpatients with varicose veins of lower extremities is poor with a variety of reasons, the data may provide a reference for improving clinical compliance in the future.