The investigators aim to evaluate the user friendliness of a newly designed leg compression stocking kit, the SOCKNLEG, compared to a standard leg compression stocking of the same compression strength, the SIGVARIS Cotton. The SOCKNLEG is not yet commercially available, whereas the SIGVARIS Cotton has been successfully commercialized for many years. After an initial screening visit, a computer generated list will allocate the participants in either the SOCKNLEG or the SIGVARIS Cotton group. All participants will try on both study stockings, in the order of their allocated group, and will rate their donning and doffing success with a questionnaire. The patients will then wear only the assigned study stocking of their allocated group, for a day and rate its comfort again at the end of the day. The donning and doffing success will also be rated by the study investigator. Leg volume measurements of the study leg will be taken at each visit to determine edema prevention.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
47
Donning and doffing success compared with the two study stockings, wearing the assigned study stocking for a day, Patient Quesationnaire on donning and doffing success and wearing comfort of each study stocking
SIGVARIS Cotton
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland
Zurich, Switzerland
Number of patients who completely don the two investigated leg compression devices
Time frame: through study completion, within 7 months
Number of patients who completely doff the two investigated leg compression devices
Time frame: through study completion, within 7 months
Patient evaluation of user friendliness
Evaluation of user friendliness using the ICC compression questionnaire
Time frame: 3 days
Measuring oedema prevention of the compression stockings by comparison of leg volume measurement at V4 to V3 and V4 to V2.
Assessment by measuring leg volume at the morning visit 3, compared to leg volume at the evening visit 4 and by comparing the leg volumes of visit 4 (compression) to visit 2 (no compression for 1 day)
Time frame: 3 days
Time needed to don and doff the two investigated leg compression
Time in minutes and seconds needed to don and doff each study stocking, measured by study investigator
Time frame: 3 days
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