Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria | |
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Population | Adult patients (≥18 years of age) with chronic wounds in the categories of pressure ulcers, diabetic ulcers, venous ulcers and arterial insufficiency ulcers and/or complications thereof in terms of infections, gangrene, haemorrhage and limb amputation. | Patients with chronic wounds as a result of surgical wounds and skin tumour. |
Study design | Observational studies, cross-sectional studies, cohort studies, case-control studies, single arm studies, systematic review/meta-analyses. | Randomised controlled trials, case studies, case series. |
Outcome | Point prevalence, period prevalence, cumulative incidence and incidence rate of chronic wounds in the four categories, and complications thereof. | |
Type of publication | Articles with available full text in English language. | Abstract, non-research letters and editorials, seminar reviews. |