Introducing Organization and Wound Journals

The virtual prevalence of chronic wounds is estimated at ۱.۵ to ۲.۲ per ۱۰۰۰ people of the global population, and its incidence is expected to rise regarding growing aging population who are the most susceptible to wounds and huge leap in obesity, diabetes, and other risk factors rate which contributes in skin integrity and continence issues. Not only do chronic wounds impose substantial financial burden on healthcare system through prolonged hospitalization and treatment process but also they have negative effects on their life-quality by posing loss of mobility, depression, and other psychosocial problems. According to aforementioned points, various organizations such as WOCNS, WCET, NPIAP, and other related institutions in different countries were founded in order to educate and train professional care-givers who are expert in caring for patients with wounds, ostomies, and incontinence and they can meet acute and rehabilitative needs of these patients in addition to collaborating with other members in interdisciplinary team to prevent occurrence of these wounds or its comorbidities and promote patients' outcomes. Moreover, these forums have been attempting to advance cutting-edge research and presenting it as evidence-based educational content in associated journals for nurses worldwide in order to bridge between research and practice. Unfortunately, Iranian people are also prone to the same mentioned circumstances and even worse in some cases; for instance, the prevalence of DFUs -one of the most common type of chronic wounds- in Iran is ۸.۱% while the world proportion is roughly ۶.۴%. Furthermore, absence of standard and localized wound treatment protocol based on cultural and geographical issues and inadequate educated nurses in this field have been impacting healthcare system negatively. Therefore, in order to change destructive customs, create interprofessional care team, and translate high-quality and cost-effective wound care plan to practice, foundation of integral institution in Iran seems necessary. Besides, designating special journals to record research achievement and promulgate clinical result for other care providers should be considered.

کلیدواژه ها:

wound care education ، wound organization ، wound associated journals ، chronic wound ، human wound burden