Care Package for Preventing Pressure Ulcers in ICU Patients

Abant Izzet Baysal University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pressure Ulcer; Nursing Caries

Treatments: Other: care package

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06509399

SBF-HMS-GES-04

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the care package (CP) developed to prevent pressure injury (PI) in patients in intensive care and to evaluate the effect of the training given to nurses on their knowledge levels and attitudes.

Full description

This experimental study was carried out in the anesthesia and reanimation intensive care unit of Düzce Atatürk State Hospital. The part with patients was completed with a total of 72 patients, 36 in the control group and 36 in the application group. The occurrence rate of PI was compared between the control group and the application group. In the section about nurses, no sample was selected and all 50 nurses working in intensive care were included in the study. Nurses' knowledge and attitudes about PI before and after the training were compared. Data were analyzed using a statistical program.

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• • 18 years of age or older,
• No development of pressure ulcers in any part of the body,
• Patients expected to stay in the clinic for at least 72 hours or more
• patients with a braden score below 15 points
• Obtaining written consent from the first-degree relatives of patients whose written consent is obtained, patients who are unconscious and unable to give consent

Exclusion criteria

• • 18 years of age or younger,
• BY in any part of the body,
• BBYRDS score more than 15
• Failure to give written consent by himself/herself or his/her 1st degree relative
• Exitus, discharge, change of department and the patient's wish to leave the study before completing the number of days determined during the data collection phase

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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72 participants in 2 patient groups

PRESSURE ULCERS PREVENTION CARE PACKAGE IN INTENSİVE CARE UNIT

Experimental group

Description:

This experimental study was carried out in the anesthesia and reanimation intensive care unit of Düzce Atatürk State Hospital. The part with patients was completed with a total of 72 patients, 36 in the control group and 36 in the application group. The occurrence rate of PI was compared between the control group and the application group.

Treatment:

Other: care package

NURSES' LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE CARE PACKAGE

No Intervention group

Description:

In the section about nurses, no sample was selected and all 50 nurses working in intensive care were included in the study. Nurses' knowledge and attitudes about PI before and after the training were compared.