Patient experience of negative pressure wound therapy: A qualitative study.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Miyanaga, Aiko Miyanaga, Toru Sakai, Keiko Konya, Chizuko Asano, Kimi Shimada, Kenichi
Abstract	AimThis study aimed to clarify the treatment experience of patients undergoing negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT).DesignThis study used a qualitative design.MethodsSeventeen inpatients were semi‐structured interviewed about their experiences of treatment with negative pressure wound therapy.ResultsInpatients' answers were categorized into seven themes: pain and discomfort associated with treatment, physical limitations owing to attached device, mental burden owing to the odour and noises of the attached device, social limitations owing to the attached device, advances in medical care and science, device personification and mixed feelings towards medical staff. The patients were able to tolerate the aforementioned limitations while feeling attachment and gratitude towards the device created through advances in medical care and science, and towards medical staff who helped them heal. In the future, we plan to develop an NPWT care guide.
Page Count	11
Journal	Nursing Open
Volume Number	10
PubMed Central reference number	PMC9912402
Issue Number	3
PubMed reference number	36199166
e-ISSN	20541058
DOI	10.1002/nop2.1392
Language	English
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Inc.
Publisher Date	2022-10-05
Publisher Place	Hoboken
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. © 2022 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Subject Keyword	negative pressure wound therapy patient experience qualitative study wound healing
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nursing