A Study to Evaluate the Benefits of Using a Range of Wound Care Products From a Single Manufacturer
- Conditions
- Wound - in Medical Care
- Interventions
- Other: Use of wound care products from a single manufacturer
- Registration Number
- NCT02937909
- Lead Sponsor
- BSN Medical Ltd. UK
- Brief Summary
This study is designed to investigate whether the adoption of the use of a range of wound care products from a single manufacturer makes training in appropriate product selection more effective and results in more accurate selection of the appropriate product for the wound and for the patient's lifestyle, thereby incurring less waste and reducing the number of referrals by the community nursing team to the Tissue Viability Team.
One community nursing team will switch to using a full range of dressings and compression products from BSN medical UK for three months. Nurse training on the products will be given and nurse competencies and confidence in woundcare and appropriate product selection will be tested at the start and end of the study.
The number and type of referrals to the Tissue Viability Team will be measured.
Total anonymised data on numbers of referrals, wound closure, numbers of wounds and quantity and cost of products used will be collected and compared with the historical record for three months prior to the study. Patients will complete a Quality of Life questionnaire at enrolment and exit from the study.
Patients for whom BSN medical UK products are not appropriate or not desired by the patient will not be enrolled and will receive the usual range of products available to the community nursing team.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- TERMINATED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 21
Not provided
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Prospective Data Use of wound care products from a single manufacturer Use of BSN medical UK range of wound dressings and compression products for 12 weeks treatment period Training and testing of woundcare nursing competencies Quality of Life questionnaire for patients
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence of inappropriate use of dressings for the wound condition and patient lifestyle At the end of 12 weeks treatment period As measured by referrals for case review to the Tissue Viability Team during the study
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method NHS Trainer's cost At the end of 12 weeks treatment period Number of patients with wounds treated At the end of 12 weeks treatment period Wound types treated At the end of 12 weeks treatment period Total number of wound closure occurred At the end of 12 weeks treatment period Average duration of treatment At the end of 12 weeks treatment period Patients Quality of Life living with a Wound At the start of the study and at the end of 12 weeks treatment period as measured by use of the validated questionnaire Wound QoL.
Confidence of healthcare professionals in their dressing selection At the start of the study and at the end of 12 weeks treatment period as measured by written assessment
Visual Analogue Scoring by the healthcare professionals of the simplification of training At the end of 12 weeks treatment period Time required for training At the end of 12 weeks treatment period NHS Trainer's time At the end of 12 weeks treatment period Nurse's concordance with training measured by the total number of referrals to the tissue viability team caused by inappropriate dressing selections defined by the trust's guidelines At the end of 12 weeks treatment period Costs of dressings used At the end of 12 weeks treatment period Number of wounds which could not be treated by the integrated range At the end of 12 weeks treatment period Condition of wounds which could not be treated by the integrated range At the end of 12 weeks treatment period
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
South West Essex Community Services, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Brentwood Community Hospital
🇬🇧Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom