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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Prevalence and incidence of chronic wounds and related complications: a protocol for a systematic review

 

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

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.