[Functional status and quality of life of geriatric patients with wounds in acute hospitals : A comparison between patients with acute and chronic wounds: a cross-sectional study].

Background: Geriatric patients are more predisposed to the occurrence of wounds due to age and disease, affecting functional status and quality of life. This aspect has rarely been researched in this population.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of chronic (cW) and acute wounds (aW) on the objective functional status and wound-related subjective quality of life in hospitalized geriatric patients.