The Leg Club model: a survey of staff and members' perceptions of this model of care
Stephen-Haynes, J.
Journal of Wound Care 19(9): 380 382 384 Passim
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0969-0700 PMID: 20852566 Document Number: 639340
To determine the Leg Club members' perceptions of the Leg Club as a model for delivery of service. An explorative qualitative approach was used. All members and staff at two Leg Clubs in the UK were invited to participate. They were asked to nominate five key words that described their views of the Leg Club model of care. The researcher and a research supervisor then counted them and decided on categories. Members' themes were verified by 10 randomly chosen Leg Club members and staff themes by five randomly chosen staff. All of the 85 Leg Club members and 15 staff approached agreed to take part. Categories identified for the Leg Club members were: sociability, enabling, knowledge and experience, interpersonal relationships, caring and quality. Categories identified for Leg Club staff were: camaraderie, education, empowerment, sociability and tiredness. These results indicate that the community Leg Club environment provides benefits in addition to those of guidelines, wound care expertise and evidence-based care. While the small sample size limits the generalisability of these exploratory data, the results identify the positive views of Leg Club members and highlights the need for further research. Similar data is not available for other health care delivery methods, so this also warrants further exploration.