Predictive factors captured on admission for nursing care (baseline) included demographic and clinical characteristics, and HRQL. Demographic characteristics included age, sex, and circumstance(s) of living. Clinical characteristics
included size and duration of ulcer at baseline, time to healing of current ulcer, and mobility and medications for pain control. Baseline characteristics were collected during the comprehensive baseline assessment using interviews and the Leg Ulcer Assessment Tool (LUAT) [33]. HRQL was measured at baseline using the Medical Outcomes
Survey Short Form-12 (SF-12) [34]. The SF-12 produces two scores, the Physical Component Summary (PCS) and the Mental Component Summary (MCS). The PCS and
MCS are standardized to a mean of 50, with a score above 50 representing better than average and below 50 indicating poorer than average function [34]. A two to three point
difference in summary scores is considered clinically meaningful [34]. Individual missing items for the SF-12W were imputed using assignment of mean score (AMS) [35,36].
Predictive factors captured on admission for nursing care (baseline) included demographic and clinical characteristics, and HRQL. Demographic characteristics included age, sex, and circumstance(s) of living. Clinical characteristics
included size and duration of ulcer at baseline, time to healing of current ulcer, and mobility and medications for pain control. Baseline characteristics were collected during the comprehensive baseline assessment using interviews and the Leg Ulcer Assessment Tool (LUAT) [33]. HRQL was measured at baseline using the Medical Outcomes
Survey Short Form-12 (SF-12) [34]. The SF-12 produces two scores, the Physical Component Summary (PCS) and the Mental Component Summary (MCS). The PCS and
MCS are standardized to a mean of 50, with a score above 50 representing better than average and below 50 indicating poorer than average function [34]. A two to three point
difference in summary scores is considered clinically meaningful [34]. Individual missing items for the SF-12W were imputed using assignment of mean score (AMS) [35,36].
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