{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,2]],"date-time":"2026-10-02T18:52:55Z","timestamp":1790967175488,"version":"4.1.0"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Aurora Health Care, Inc.","issue":"3","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Purpose: Managing wounds often requires frequent clinic visits, posing a burden on both patients and the healthcare system. Shared wound care, which encourages patients to manage dressings at home, has emerged as a potential solution. This study investigates factors influencing self-wound care adoption in Singapore.\nMethods: A cross-sectional survey involving 328 participants from six primary healthcare centers was conducted. The survey examined demographics, wound characteristics, and perceptions towards shared wound care using a locally validated questionnaire. Parametric tests and logistic regression were used to analyze the data.\nResults: Unlike older participants, younger adults valued time saved through self-care and found clinic visits inconvenient. Participants in the younger age group, those in fixed-schedule employment, and students were more likely to opt for the self-wound care program and adopt self-wound care. Strong social support (p = 0.034) and wound location on the head, neck, or face were the most significant factors (p = 0.023) favoring self-care. Interestingly, participants with no formal education were significantly more likely to embrace self-wound care (p = 0.006 to 0.012).\nConclusions: Using individual attributes to select participants for self-wound care adoption may be more effective than relying on educational level. Strong social networks and encouragement from family and community can play a crucial role in promoting self-care practices. However, the generalizability of the findings may be limited, as the study was conducted solely within a Singaporean primary healthcare setting. All the same, while wound care practices may vary across countries, the foundational concepts of wound care are universal in the world. Insights about self-wound care can therefore be valuable and informative on a global scale, not just within Singapore.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.17294\/2330-0698.2084","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,16]],"date-time":"2024-10-16T05:41:41Z","timestamp":1729057301000},"page":"204-214","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Factors Influencing Self-Wound Care Adoption in Singaporean Communities: A Cross-Sectional Survey"],"prefix":"10.17294","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Ling Jia","family":"Goh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Healthcare Group Polyclinics, Singapore"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaoli","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nanyang Technological University, Singapore"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"6854","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,15]]},"container-title":["Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,2]],"date-time":"2026-10-02T17:55:48Z","timestamp":1790963748000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/institutionalrepository.aah.org\/jpcrr\/vol11\/iss3\/3"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,15]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,15]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17294\/2330-0698.2084","relation":{},"ISSN":["2330-0698"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2330-0698","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,15]]}}}