The data were recorded digitally and transcribed verbatim. An advisory group informed the semi-structured questions used in seven patient interviews and one clinician focus group ( n = 5).
As part of the development process, this study aimed to explore patient and clinician opinions of the boot.Ī qualitative approach was used to collect patient and clinician experiences in Norway. Hence, a novel intermittent negative pressure medical device in the form of a wearable boot (FlowOx™) was developed.
These complex, limb and life threatening conditions demand the development of novel interventions with objective research as part of that development. Previous research has demonstrated the complex, limiting and costly economic implications of these conditions such as lower limb ulceration chronicity and ischaemic amputation. Peripheral vascular diseases have a significant impact on functional quality of life.
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