Journal article
Chronic Wound Repair and Healing in Older Adults: Current Status and Future Research
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), Vol.63(3), pp.427-438
03/01/2015
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13332
PMCID: PMC4582412
PMID: 25753048
Abstract
Older adults are more likely to have chronic wounds than younger people, and the effect of chronic wounds on quality of life is particularly profound in this population. Wound healing slows with age, but the basic biology underlying chronic wounds and the influence of age-associated changes on wound healing are poorly understood. Most studies have used in vitro approaches and various animal models, but observed changes translate poorly to human healing conditions. The effect of age and accompanying multimorbidity on the effectiveness of existing and emerging treatment approaches for chronic wounds is also unknown, and older adults tend to be excluded from randomized clinical trials. Poorly defined outcomes and variables; lack of standardization in data collection; and variations in the definition, measurement, and treatment of wounds also hamper clinical studies. The Association of Specialty Professors, in conjunction with the National Institute on Aging and the Wound Healing Society, held a workshop, summarized in this article, to explore the current state of knowledge and research challenges, engage investigators across disciplines, and identify research questions to guide future study of age-associated changes in chronic wound healing.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Chronic Wound Repair and Healing in Older Adults: Current Status and Future Research
- Creators
- Lisa Gould - Kent HospitalPeter Abadir - Johns Hopkins UniversityHarold Brem - Winthrop-University HospitalMarissa Carter - Global Strategic SolutionsTeresa Conner-Kerr - Winston-Salem State UniversityJeff Davidson - Vanderbilt UniversityLuisa DiPietro - University of Illinois at ChicagoVincent Falanga - Boston UniversityCaroline Fife - Baylor College of MedicineSue Gardner - University of IowaElizabeth Grice - University of PennsylvaniaJohn Harmon - Johns Hopkins UniversityWilliam R. Hazzard - Wake Forest UniversityKevin P. High - Wake Forest UniversityPamela Houghton - Western UniversityNasreen Jacobson - Smith & NephewRobert S. Kirsner - University of MiamiElizabeth J. Kovacs - Loyola University ChicagoDavid Margolis - University of PennsylvaniaFrances McFarland Horne - Assoc Specialty Professors, Alexandria, VA USAMay J. Reed - University of WashingtonDennis H. Sullivan - University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesStephen Thom - University of Maryland, BaltimoreMarjana Tomic-Canic - University of MiamiJeremy Walston - Johns Hopkins UniversityJo Anne Whitney - University of WashingtonJohn Williams - National Institutes of HealthSusan Zieman - National Institutes of HealthKenneth Schmader - Duke University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), Vol.63(3), pp.427-438
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1111/jgs.13332
- PMID
- 25753048
- PMCID
- PMC4582412
- ISSN
- 0002-8614
- eISSN
- 1532-5415
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- 1 U13 AG040938 01 / National Institute on Aging; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) U13AG040938 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) John A. Hartford Foundation
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2015
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984368083002771
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