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 volunteersQualifiers
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
Crossover
Treatments tested in this trial
Pressure ulcer prevention pack
Other interventionThe pressure ulcer prevention package to be prepared by the researchers will be applied
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
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.
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