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Risk Factors for Pressure Ulcers

Completed
Conditions
Pressure Ulcers
Interventions
Other: biochemical and molecular analysis
Registration Number
NCT02578004
Lead Sponsor
Centre Hôpital Universitaire Farhat Hached
Brief Summary

Development of pressure ulcer (PU) is complex and multifactorial. The association of a constituted PU and of clinical / biological major elements is demonstrated and justifies. Prevention of PU is an important health priority, one that requires clear identification of risk factors.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
313
Inclusion Criteria
  • presenting with at least of a wound and confirmed diagnosis of PU, age≥18 years old, bedridden, not feeds only and without trophic and mental disorders.
Exclusion Criteria
  • paediatric study populations, age > 90 years old, allergy to wound products, malignant origin

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
213 healthy subjectsbiochemical and molecular analysis213 healthy subjects (125 men and 88 women) middle-aged (51.5±17 years). Although, healthy individuals, were included as controls, followed in the outpatient services of the University Hospital Farhat Hached and they considered clinically free of pressure ulcer and tissue necrosis.
100 patients suffering from pressure ulcerbiochemical and molecular analysis100 subjects were having at least one wound of pressure ulcer (74 men and 26 women) middle-aged (55.5±20 years) and were recruited from many services of three University Regional hospitals of Tunisia.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Anthropometric characteristicsone hour

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height. It is defined as the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in metres (kg/m2).

Antioxidant parametersone day

- Serum catalase activity in KU/l was determined according to the spectrophotometric method of Goth .

Dyslipidemiaone hour

* Lipid markers: total serum cholesterol (CH), serum triglyceride, serum HDL- CH, in mmol/l, levels were measured by standard enzymatic methods using reagents in a fully automated analyzer (Randox Antrim, UK; CX9-BECKMANN).

* Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in mmol / l was determined by Friedewald formula.

* non esterified fatty acids in serum was determined by colorimetric method at 550 nm (mmol/l)

Renal failureone hour

- renal profile: urea (mmol/l), creatinine and uric acid (μmol/l) levels were measured by standard enzymatic methods using reagents in a fully automated analyzer ( Cx9 Pro-Bechman Coulter-Fuller-Ton).

Endogenous inflammatory markerone hour

- α1-acid glycoprotein, in g/l, measured using the dry chemistry method (BN prospec, siemens)

Marker of lipid peroxidationone day

* Serum total homocysteine concentrations in μmol/l were measured by using an AxSYM (ABBOTT) homocysteine assay.

* thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) in serum was determined by the fluorimetric method of Yagi in μmol/l.

Total antioxidant statusone hour

Serum total antioxidant status in mmol/l was measured with RANDOX kit (Cat. No. NZ 2332; Randox Labs Ltd., Crumlin, UK) by colorimetric method at 600 nm .

Determination of trace elementsone hour

Serum copper in μmol/l was indicated spectrophotometrically with RANDOX kit (Cat. No. CU 2340; Randox Labs Ltd., Crumlin, UK) at 580 nm according.

Serum zinc was measured in μmol/l with RANDOX kit (Cat. No. ZN 2341; Randox Labs Ltd, Crumlin, UK) at 560 nm.

Nutritional risk3 hours

- Prognostic Inflammatory and Nutritional Index (PINI) is a simple clinical \[PINI = AAG x CRP / albumine x prealbumin\] and classificated as follows: normal (1\<PINI score \<10), mild malnutrition (11\<PINI score\<20), severe malnutrition (21\<PINI score\<30) and risk for death when PINI score \>30.

These scores gained in popularity as it uses an objective rather than subjective measurements to determine nutritional risk in hospitalized patient populations.

DNA extraction2 days

Genomic DNA was extracted from whole blood using the salting out method for the part of molecular biology.

Nutritional status3 hours

- Nutritional Risk Index (NRI) was originally derived from the serum albumin concentration and the ratio of present to usual weight \[NRI = (1.489 x albumin, g/L) + (41.7 x present weight/ideal body weight)\] and categorized as follows: severe risk (NRI \< 83.5), moderate risk (83.5 \< NRI \< 97.5) and no risk (NRI \> 97.5).

A microbiological diagnosis3 days

The bacterial colonization of a wound is a recognized detrimental factor in the multifactorial process of wound healing.

wound per patient suffering from pressure ulcer was cultured by swab to determine the bacterial species of the infection and helps guide antibiotic therapy.

The representative sample is collected before topical or systemic antibiotics are initiated and pain assessment should be conducted prior to wound procedures such as dressing changes and debridement. Bacterial swabs provide information on the predominant flora.

Proteomics2 days

- Serum gelatinase activities of MMP-9 by zymography (%)

Genotype for the MMP9-1562 C/T polymorphism1 days

* Genetic polymorphism in the MMP9 coding region 1562C\>T was screened following the polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP-PCR).

* The frequency distributions of different MMP9-1562 C/T genotypes and allele were investigated.

* The relationship between the polymorphism of the MMP-9 gene and the severity of PU was analyzed.

Diabetes mellitusone hour

- Plasma levels glucose in mmol/l was measured by standard enzymatic methods using reagents in a fully automated analyzer Cx5 Pro-Bechman Coulter-Fuller-Ton

Inflammatory parameterone hour

- C-reactive protein (CRP), in mg/l, was measured using immunoturbidimetric methods (COBAS INTEGRA 400 Roche).

Markers of nutritional statusone hour

* albumin (chronic marker) and prealbumin (early marker) were measured, in g/l, using the dry chemistry method (BN prospec, siemens).

* Protide in g/l was measured by standard enzymatic methods using reagents in a fully automated analyzer (CX9-BECKMANN).

Genotyping of TNF- α G238A1 days

* TNF-α G238A promoter polymorphism were determined by the RFLP-PCR method.

* The genotypic and allelic frequencies of -238G/A were calculated

* This study investigated the association between TNF-α-238G\>A and Pressure ulcer in Tunisian population.

Genotyping of TNF- α G308A1 days

* The genotypic analysis of the TNF-α G308A polymorphism was performed using Allele-specific PCR (AS-PCR) amplification.

* In this study, we have analyzed the TNF-α gene promoter -308G/A polymorphism in Tunisian patients with PU to evaluate the contribution of this SNP in genetic susceptibility to PU.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Latifa KHLIFI

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Sousse, Tunisia

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