Prospective Study

Abstract

Education regarding preventive care can be effective in reducing the incidence of PUs in the ICU setting. Therefore, education about risk assessment and PU prevention should be a priority for nurses in critical care settings.

The effectiveness of multicomponent pressure injury prevention programs in adult intensive care patients: A systematic review

“…al., 2015); one used a prospective cohort design (de Laat et al, 2007), three used controlled before and after design (Avsar and Karadag, 2018, Uzun et al, 2009, and three were uncontrolled before and after design studies (Anderson et al, 2015, Rogenski and Kurcgant, 2012. Sample size varied in these studies from 78 to 399 patients with a median of 202, and interquartile range (IQR) of 170.…”

“…Among the eight research studies, seven were assessed against the items for quantitative non-randomised studies of the MMAT (2018). Five of these met all five MMAT criteria (Anderson et al, 2015, Avsar and Karadag, 2018, Uzun et al, 2009, and two of studies met all but the "are the confounders accounted for in the design and analysis" criteria (Loudet et al, 2017, Rogenski andKurcgant, 2012). One study (two papers) was assessed against items for randomised trial of the MMAT , which did not meet the "are the groups comparable at baseline" criteria but met all other criteria.…”

The Turkish Validity Reliability Study of the Neonatal Braden Q Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment Scale

“…Bu amaçla dünyada ve ülkemizde erişkin ve pediatrik hastalara uygulanabilecek geçerlilik ve güvenilirlikleri çalışılmış pek çok ölçek kullanılmaktadır (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18) . Braden Q Basınç Ülseri Risk Değerlendirme Ölçeği basınç ülseri riskini erişkinlerde değerlendirmek amacıyla oluşturulmuş ve hem dünyada hem de ülkemizde geçerlilik ve güvenilirliği kanıtlanmıştır (19)(20)(21) .…”

Efficacy of mummy on healing of pressure ulcers: A randomized controlled clinical trial on hospitalized patients in intensive care unit

“…In patients with immobility or poor mobility, urinary or fecal incontinence also increases the risk of this problem ( 2 ). In an Uzun et al study in Turkey (2009), the prevalence of pressure ulcer in the ICU patients of a selected medical center was reported to be 37% ( 3 ). According to the previous studies, 90% of pressure ulcers have been reported in inferior parts of the body, and of them, 65% had been in the pelvic and surrounding areas and 30% in the lower limbs.…”