What is SWHSI-3?

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The SWHSI-3 Study is improving how we design research studies about open surgical wounds!



This work will help to make wounds ​research:

  • more efficient
  • more cost-effective
  • better able to tackle the problems ​faced by people living with SWHSIs ​every day.

How does it work?

we are tackling this issue in three main ways

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SWHSI-COS

identifying a group of core outcomes for use in SWHSI clinical trials

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SWHSI-QoL

evaluating ways to measure quality of life (QoL) in SWHSI

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SWHSI-MAP

mapping disease-specific QoL instruments to generic instruments

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Get involved!

If you have had a SWHSI - get your experiences heard!

See how you can ​get involved in our ​research!

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Contact the Researchers

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The SWHSI-3 Study is managed from the Academic Vascular ​Surgery Department at Hull York Medical School.


This study is funded by the NIHR Doctoral Fellowship ​Programme (NIHR303688). The views expressed are those of ​the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the ​Department of Health and Social Care.

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