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Kristina Heyer
Researcher at University of Hamburg
Publications - 36
Citations - 673
Kristina Heyer is an academic researcher from University of Hamburg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Compression Bandage. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 36 publications receiving 537 citations.
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Epidemiology of chronic wounds in Germany: Analysis of statutory health insurance data.
TL;DR: There is an annually increasing frequency of chronic wounds in Germany and chronic wound epidemiology is sensitive to wound treatment as a filter criterion, and prevalence and incidence increased over 3 years.
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Effectiveness of Advanced versus Conventional Wound Dressings on Healing of Chronic Wounds: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Kristina Heyer,Matthias Augustin,Kerstin Protz,Katharina Herberger,C. Spehr,Stephan Jeff Rustenbach +5 more
TL;DR: A general superiority of advanced dressings on complete healing was shown, but the generalizability of the results is limited by the methodological and report quality within studies identified, unexplained heterogeneity in study effects and possibly by publication bias.
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Compression therapy: scientific background and practical applications.
Kerstin Protz,Kristina Heyer,Martin Dörler,Markus Stücker,Carsten Hampel-Kalthoff,Matthias Augustin +5 more
TL;DR: German health‐care providers are investigated for their knowledge of bandage materials and their practical ability in applying short‐stretch compression bandages for venous leg ulcers.
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Epidemiology and use of compression treatment in venous leg ulcers: nationwide claims data analysis in Germany.
TL;DR: There is still a marked under‐provision of care, with CT in incident VLUs in Germany requiring active measures, and compression rates showed significant differences by gender and age.
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Compression therapy – cross-sectional observational survey about knowledge and practical treatment of specialised and non-specialised nurses and therapists
TL;DR: This comparison provides information on whether further qualifications have an impact on knowledge and practical skills of participants with further training with those who had no training.