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Vol. 72, No. 2, February 1992, pp. 138-141
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Reliability of wound surface area measurements

C Majeske

Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298.

The purpose of this study was to establish intratester and intertester reliability of four methods of measuring wound surface area from transparency film tracings. Wound area measurements were obtained in 31 subjects with venous stasis ulcers. After tracing each wound on transparency film, wound area was calculated by (1) multiplying length and width measurements with a ruler, (2) placing the transparency film over graph paper and counting the squares, (3) using a planimeter, and (4) using a digitizer. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) for intratester measurements were .99 for each method. The ICC values for intertester measurements ranged from .97 to .99. The results of this study indicate that intratester and intertester wound measurements can be taken reliably with the graph paper, planimeter, and digitizer methods. The graph paper technique may be preferable in most clinical settings, because it is low in cost and easy to use.


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