What does the research say about Non-healing wounds?

Non-healing wounds

There is 1 paper on non-healing wounds in aging research: 1 observational study in people.

1 paper studies it18 more mention it2 findings

“The frailty index (FI) was higher in patients with non-healing wounds in comparison with patients with healing wounds (IF 0.31 ± 0.15 vs IF 0.24 ± 0.11, p = 0.043).”

Assessment of frailty in elderly patients attending a multidisciplinary wound care centre: a cohort studyBMC geriatrics2021doi:10.1186/s12877-021-02676-y

Humans1

Associations

Frailty index

upin humans1

1 study

Frailty index is associated with non-healing wounds in humans (non-venous ulcers) (FI 0.37 ± 0.13 vs FI 0.27 ± 0.10, p = 0.015).
“A strong correlation between FI and wound healing results was observed in patients with non-venous ulcers (FI 0.37 ± 0.13 vs FI 0.27 ± 0.10, p = 0.015).”
Humansnon-venous ulcers
Assessment of frailty in elderly patients attending a multidisciplinary wound care centre: a cohort study
BMC geriatricsDec 18, 2021
Non-healing wounds are associated with frailty index in humans (IF 0.31 ± 0.15 vs IF 0.24 ± 0.11, p = 0.043).
“The frailty index (FI) was higher in patients with non-healing wounds in comparison with patients with healing wounds (IF 0.31 ± 0.15 vs IF 0.24 ± 0.11, p = 0.043).”
Humansn = 51
Assessment of frailty in elderly patients attending a multidisciplinary wound care centre: a cohort study
BMC geriatricsDec 18, 2021