Table 2 Overview of included studies
|
Study Setting, Country | Population | Intervention* | Comparison |
Results Primary outcomes |
Results Secondary outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with healed venous leg ulcers | |||||
|
Kapp 2013 (20)
Home nursing Australia |
n = 100 Age: 79 ± 10 Recently healed venous leg ulcer |
Class 3 stockings (34–46 mmHg) below knee length |
Class 2 stockings (23–32 mmHg) below knee length |
Ulcer recurrence:
6 months RR: 0.64 (0.20 to 2.03) |
Compliance 6 months
Class 3: 17/44 Class 2: 35/49 RR: 0.54 (0.36 to 0.82)** |
|
Clarke-Moloney 2012 (23)
Hospital and community leg ulcer clinic Ireland |
n = 100 Age: 69 ± 11 Recently healed venous leg ulcer |
Class 2 stockings (23–32 mmHg) knee or thigh length | Class 1 stockings (18–21 mmHg) knee or thigh length |
Ulcer recurrence:
12 months RR: 0.59 (0.23 to 1.49) |
Compliance 12 months
Class 2: 45/50 Class 1: 43/49 RR: 1.03 (0.89 to 1.18) |
|
Nelson 2006 (22)
Hospital leg ulcer clinic England |
n = 300 Age:64 ± 12 Recently healed venous leg ulcer |
Class 2 stockings (25–35 mmHg) knee or thigh length |
Class 1 stockings (18–24 mmHg) knee or thigh length |
Ulcer recurrence:
12 months RR: 0.47 (0.25 to 0.91)** Five years RR: 0.82 (0.61 to 1.12) |
Compliance 5 years
Class 2: 86/149 Class 1: 108/151 RR: 0.81 (0.68 to 0.96)** |
|
Vandongen 2000 (21)
Hospital leg ulcer clinic Australia |
n = 153 Age: 67 [37–85] Venous leg ulcer healed for 2 weeks. Patients had to apply the stockings themselves |
Class 3 stockings (35–45 mmHg) below knee length | No compression stockings |
Ulcer recurrence:
6 months RR: 0.46 (0.27 to 0.76)** 12 months RR: 0.43 (0.27 to 0.69)** | Compliance not reported |
| Patients with venous insufficiency | |||||
|
Jungbeck 1997 (24)
Vascular surgery dept. Sweden |
n = 31 Age: [27–82] Chronic venous insufficiency grade II |
Class 2 stockings (23–30 mmHg) below knee length |
Class 1 stockings (13–20 mmHg) below knee length | Not reported |
Compliance not reported
Subjective symptoms 8 weeks 1 Class 2 (Median % on VAS): Before: 46.1%, after: 14.8% Class 1 (Median % on VAS): Before: 43.8%, after: 15.6% |