The objective is to collect information about the patient and about the wound, that may be relevant to planning and implementing the treatment.
Clinical data recorded during an initial assessment serves as a baseline for prescribing the appropriate treatment.
A recent global anthropological study has prompted clinicians to review the TIME framework[3] and resulted in a 2016 development of a comprehensive tool for wound assessment – the Triangle of Wound Assessment (TWA).
A patient's health history may include disorders that affect the body's ability to heal itself.
These disorders are called comorbidities and may interfere with circulatory and metabolic body functions, levels of various physiological assessment components (sugar, albumin, etc.