Abstract
Wound dressing adherence is an important problem that is frequently encountered in wound care, and is associated with both clinical and economic burdens. However, only a few review articles have focused on this issue. The objective of this review was to present a comprehensive discussion of wound dressing adherence, including the mechanism of dressing adherence, adverse consequences (clinical burdens and economic burdens), factors affecting adherence (dressing-, patient- and wound-related factors, and factors related to the wound care procedure), tests to assess dressing adherence (in vitro assay, in vivo assay and clinical trials), and reduction of wound adherence (modification of dressing adherence and special care in particular patients). Accordingly, this review article emphasises an awareness of dressing adherence, and is intended to be an informative source for the development of new dressings and for wound management.
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