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Table 8 Baseline frequency of co-morbidities in trial participants

From: A pilot randomised controlled trial of negative pressure wound therapy to treat grade III/IV pressure ulcers [ISRCTN69032034]

 

NPWT (n = 6)

 

SC (n = 6)

Co-morbidity

Frequency ( n )

Co-morbidity

Frequency ( n )

Faecal incontinence

4

Faecal incontinence

3

Myocardial infarction

3

Multiple sclerosis

2

Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

3

Spinal injury

2

Angina

2

Urinary incontinence

1

Heart failure

2

Other cardiovascular disease

1

Rheumatoid arthritis

2

Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

1

Chronic obstructive pulmonary airways/pulmonary disease

2

Femoral neck fracture

1

Stroke

2

Chronic obstructive pulmonary airways/pulmonary disease

1

Urinary incontinence

1

Other neurological

2

Ischaemia (leg/foot)

1

Myocardial infarction

0

Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

1

Angina

0

Multiple sclerosis

1

Heart failure

0

Other

1 (lymphoedema)

Ischaemia (leg/foot)

0

Other cardiovascular disease

0

Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

0

Femoral neck fracture

0

Rheumatoid arthritis

0

Spinal injury

0

Stroke

0

Other neurological

0

Other

0

Total co-morbidities

25

Total co-morbidities

14

  1. Co-morbidities are ranked in order of descending frequency in each treatment group.