Table 3 Data collection instruments
Data collection instrument | Outcome measure | Estimated time of completion | Psychometric properties | Outcome assessment time points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wound-related pain intensity | 1 min | Discriminative power relating to chronic pain. Test, re-test reliability high (r = 0.96); Construct validity—highly correlated with the visual analogue scale for chronic pain conditions (reported range, 0.86 to 0.95) [64] | Baseline and every dressing | |
Cardiff Wound Impact Schedule [60] | Health-related quality of life | 5 to 10 min | Established reliability with internal consistency subscale scores > 0.75, and good reproducibility [60] | Baseline, 2, 4, 8 and 12 weeks |
Leg Ulcer Measurement Tool [61] -Clinical and patient domains | Chronic leg ulcer appearance | 5 to 10 min | Concurrent construct validity high (r = 0.82) with excellent intra-rater/inter-rater reliability for the total LUMT scores (ICC > 0.75) and for many of the 14 domains; some domains were less reproducible; this tool was able to detect change in wound status over time [61] | Baseline, 2, 4, 8 and 12 weeks |
Wound-related pain at dressing change assessment tool [56, 65] | Wound-related pain response to intervention over the previous 24 h | 5 min | Data collection tool not validated | Baseline and every dressing |
Wound photography and 2-dimensional photo-digital planimetry [66] | Chronic leg ulcer measurement over time (cm2) | 15 min including download onto computer for measurement | Inter-rater reliability and intra-rater reliability is higher than traditional wound tracing methods (94 and 98.3%, respectively) [66] | Baseline, 2, 4, 8 and 12 weeks |
American Geriatric Society Pain Diary [67] | WRP intensity and frequency of pain-relieving medications, mood and response to wound treatments [68, 69] | Data collection tool, not validated | Whenever pain perceived at home |