Randomised controlled trial of protective socks against usual care to reduce skin tears in high risk people: a pilot study

Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust (UK)0 个研究点目标入组 90 人开始时间: 2013年11月29日最近更新: 2017年11月20日

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•Current inclusion criteria as of 17/06/2014:
•1. Resident in a care home or living in the community and taking steroids for at least a month
•2. Aged 65 years or older
•3. Ambulatory and/or wheelchair user able to take part in normal day-to-day activities
•Previous inclusion criteria:
•1. Resident in a care home
•2. Male and female aged 18 years or older, upper age limit 100 years
•3. Ambulatory and/or wheelchair user able to take part in daily activities within the care home
•4. Having a past medical history of skin tear injuries to legs defined as any reported skin tear injury, regardless of severity, which has occurred within 12 months prior to recruitment

•Current exclusion criteria as of 17/06/2014:
•1. Not competent to give informed consent or complete study questionnaires
•2. Bedbound
•3. Undergoing current treatment for lacerations or ulcers on legs
•4. Use of graduated compression stockings/bandaging
•5. Scheduled to be admitted to hospital for elective surgery during the study period
•6. A participant in other concurrent interventional research which may over-burden the participant or confound data collection
•Previous exclusion criteria:
•1. Not competent to give informed consent in the opinion of the recruiting nurse
•2. Life expectancy less than 6 months
•3. Resident is bedbound
•4. Resident is being treated for current lacerations or ulcers on their legs
•5. Resident is likely to use graduated compression stockings or similar during the intervention period
•6. Resident is scheduled to be admitted to hospital for elective surgery during the 16-week trial period
•7. Resident is a participant in other concurrent interventional research which may over-burden the resident or confound data collection

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Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust (UK)