Utility of Interface Pressure Mapping

Henry Ford Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Bedsores; Ulcers

Treatments: Device: Non-Mapping System; Device: Mapping System

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01439581

Interface Pressure Mapping

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine if a device that measures and displays pressure that the patients feel when in bed can help nurses reposition the patient effectively and thereby reduce bedsores in the intensive care unit.

Enrollment: 428 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years and older,
• care giver trained on mapping system

Exclusion criteria

• Less than 18 years,
• pregnant women,
• weight greater 550 lbs, and subjects requiring a specialty mattress

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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428 participants in 2 patient groups

Patients on mapping systems

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Mapping System

Patients not on mapping systems

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: Non-Mapping System