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Description and Utilization of Telewound Monitoring Services in Primary Care Patients with Acute Wounds in Singapore: A Retrospective Study

1Xiaoli Zhu, MN, BSN, RN, is a Wound Care Senior Nurse Clinician, National Healthcare Group Polyclinics and a PhD candidate, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Barnabas Felix Soh Jia Ren, BSN, RN, is Registered Nurse; Voon Hooi Lim, MHS, BSN, RN, is Chief Nurse; Lili Wan, BSN, MN, RN, is Nurse Manger and Wound Care Registered Nurse; Yan Chen, BSN, RN, is Assistant Nurse Clinician and Wound Care Registered Nurse; and Xiuhong Wang, BSN, RN, is Wound Care Registered Nurse, National Healthcare Group Polyclinics. Jiayi Weng is House Officer, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. Ling Jia Goh, MClinRes, BSN, RN, is Assistant Nurse Clinician, National Healthcare Group Polyclinics. / September 20, 2022
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE

To describe an inaugural telewound monitoring service (TMS) designed for the remote monitoring of acute wounds to empower primary care patients, and identify factors associated with the utilization of the TMS.

METHODS

Retrospective data were collected from 204 patients who participated in the TMS between June 19, 2016 and August 31, 2017 and analyzed using both descriptive and multiple regression analysis.

RESULTS

The mean patient age was 27.9 years (SD, 12.4); wound area was 7.8 cm2 (SD, 21.2); and duration of healing was 11.7 days (SD, 6.9). A multiple regression model based on patients’ demographics and wound factors predicted which patients were likely to have more telewound sessions than