The Effect of Pressure Ulcer Care Package on the Risk of Pressure Ulcer Development

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-70
SponsorCukurova University

About this trial

This study aimed to determine the effect of pressure ulcer care package use on the risk of pressure ulcer development due to surgery in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery. It was planned as a randomized controlled study. The population of the study will consist of patients who underwent surgery in the Orthopaedics and Traumatology Clinic of Doğubayazıt Dr.Yaşar Eryılmaz State Hospital Hospital Hospital of Ağrı Provincial Health Directorate. The sample of the study will consist of patients who volunteered to participate in the study that meets the inclusion criteria. To obtain research data, the Personal Information Form developed by the researcher in line with the literature, 3S Operating Theatre Pressure Wound Risk Assessment Scale, Pressure Wound Regions and Stages Monitoring Form prepared according to NPUAP (2016) Pressure Wound Staging System Form will be used. Statistical analysis of the data obtained from the study will be performed using the SPSS 25 (Statistical Package of Social Science) package program.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Orthopaedics and traumatology department

Those who have undergone general or spinal anesthesia

Without any communication problems

Patients who volunteered to participate in the study

Disqualifiers

Patients with pre-operative pressure ulcer

Those who are bedridden

Patients referred to the intensive care unit after surgery

Patients who wish to leave the study will be excluded from the study.

Trial design

Design model

Crossover

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Pressure ulcer prevention pack

    Other intervention

    The pressure ulcer prevention package to be prepared by the researchers will be applied

Treatment groups

102 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Care groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Standard groupNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Evaluation of pressure ulcer formation

The 'Pressure Ulcer Sites and Stages Follow-up Form' created by the researchers will be used. With this form, pressure ulcer stages and regions of the patients will be monitored.In this Form, pressure wound stages are classified into stages: Stage I, II, III, IV, Unstageable, Deep Tissue, and Mucosal Membrane Pressure Wound.

Time frame
Three days later

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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