Patient-reported outcomes can show how a wound and its treatment affect daily life in ways that wound dimensions alone cannot capture. In this educational interview, Drs. Anne Klassen and Andrea Pusic discuss the development of WOUND-Q, a patient-reported outcome measure for people living with chronic wounds.
Why patient-reported outcomes matter
Clinical studies can measure closure, time to healing, recurrence, infection, and other medical outcomes. Patients may also experience pain, odor, drainage, sleep disruption, reduced mobility, social isolation, treatment burden, and loss of independence. Validated patient-reported measures help researchers assess those experiences systematically.
This educational item is included because patient-centered measurement aligns with NOxy’s mission. It is not evidence for a NOxy product. The original interview is embedded below.