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Table 4 Treatment time and wound closure outcome for study participants treated exclusively in the hospital and in outpatient care in the PP population

From: Ambulatory negative pressure wound therapy of subcutaneous abdominal wounds after surgery: results of the SAWHI randomized clinical trial

Treatment status of the study participants in the PP population

Exclusively treated in hospital in the NPWT arm

Exclusively treated outpatient in the NPWT arm

Exclusively treated in hospital in the CWT arm

Exclusively treated outpatient in the CWT arm

Treatment time until complete, sustained and verified wound closure or end study treatment time after 42 days (days), No. Mean (SD) [Min–Max]

17

21.6 (13.8)

[4–42]

13

26.4 (13.2)

[7–42]

7

34.9 (12.5)

[12–42]

16

33.8 (10.5)

[14–42]

Study participants with complete, verified and sustained wound closure within 42 days, No. (%)

3 of 17 (17.6)

5 of 13 (38.5)

2 of 7 (28.6)

4 of 16 (25.0)

Time to complete, sustained and verified wound closure (days) within 42 days (days), No. Mean (SE) [95% CI]

3

22.3 (2.7)

[10.6–34.1]

5

26.4 (8.9)

[15.3–37.5]

2

26.5 (1.5)

[7.4–45.6]

4

36.0 (4.0)

[29.6–42.4]

Study participants with wound closure within 132 days*, No. (%)

14 of 17 (82.4)

10 of 13 (76.9)

5 of 7 (71.4)

13 of 16 (81.3)

Time to wound closure (days) within 132 days* (days), No. Mean (SE) [95% CI]

14

40.7 (6.4)

[26.9–54.4]

10

40.50 (8.0)

[22.3–58.7]

5

58.6 (14.1)

[19.4–97.8]

13

54.2 (6.4)

[40.5–67.9]

  1. *In addition to the clinical effectiveness analysis on complete, verified and for a minimum of 14 days sustained wound closures within 42 days, the number of closed wounds within 132 days was determined. Any wound closure documented by the clinical investigator that did not conflict with another documented outcome was considered