The Effect of Care Bundle in Preventing Pressure Ulcers Caused by Medical Devices in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Pressure Ulcer
- Sponsor
- Kilis 7 Aralik University
- Enrollment
- 80
- Primary Endpoint
- Pressure ulcer
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
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.
Detailed 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.
Investigators
Erhan Elmaoğlu
research assistant
Kilis 7 Aralik University
Eligibility Criteria
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Pressure ulcer
Time Frame: 14 day
Medical devices related pressure ulcer
Secondary Outcomes
- medical device induced pressure ulcer(14 day)