The Effect of Care Bundle in Preventing Pressure Ulcers Caused by Medical Devices in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Kilis 7 Aralik University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Device Induced Injury; Pressure Ulcer; Nursing Caries

Treatments: Other: care bundle application

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05406986

Kilis7AralikUnivesity2022

Details and patient eligibility

About

With the development of technology in medicine, more medical instruments are used in the treatment of diseases. Although the use of these instruments provides great benefits for the patients, it can also cause some complications.One of the most important of these complications is pressure ulcer.Some care and evaluation are needed to prevent these complications.This study aims to prevent pressure ulcers with a care package for patients with high risk scores.

Full description

A care package will be created with the Delphi method to prevent pressure ulcers caused by medical devices.Experimental and control groups will be formed by randomized control method.The care package created for 14 days will be applied to the experimental group. standard care will be applied to the control group.As a result, the rates of medical device-induced pressure ulcers in both groups will be compared.Children between the ages of 1 and 10 years and treated in the pediatric intensive care unit will be included in the study.Patients with any skin-related disease will not be included in the study.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 10 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• being in the pediatric intensive care unit.
• nasogastric tube, intubation tube and saturation probe attached.
• Voluntary consent of family to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with skin disease
• Patients staying less than 14 days

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

the group to which the care bundle will be applied

Experimental group

Description:

Patients with a score of 13 or higher on the Braden QD medical instrument risk assessment scale. Patients with attached nasogastric tube, intubation tube and saturation probe.

Treatment:

Other: care bundle application

group not to be interfered with

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients with attached nasogastric tube, intubation tube and saturation probe.