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Alexandra H J Janssen Author
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Health & Social Care
Department of Health & Social Care, Elkerliek Hospital, The Netherlands
Biography
Alexandra Janssen works as a nurse specialist wound care in Elkerliek Hospital, The Netherlands. In 2016 she completed her master study (Health & Social Care) at the University of Birmingham and is currently doing her PhD on the impact of negative pressure therapy on the quality of life of patients. She is teacher at the wound care study programs at the health care academies in Nijmegen and Rotterdam.
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Short Communication Open Access
Negative pressure wound therapy for patients with complicated healing? A systematic review of qualitative studies
Author(s): Alexandra H J Janssen
Despite the lack of evidence, negative pressure therapy is commonly used in patients with wounds with complicated healing. In our medical centre, one third of the patients with postoperatively infected abdominal wounds prematurely end this therapy due to negative experiences and prefer standard wound care. This study was designed to explore the effects of negative pressure therapy on quality of life. A search from 2000 to 2019 in eight databases was performed to identify qualitative studies of patients treated with negative pressure therapy. Two reviewers independently selected the studies, appraised the methodological quality, extracted and structured the data and performed content analysis.
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