Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03725787
Pressure Ulcer Incidence Cat. II+ on a Static Air Mattress: a Multicenter Cohort Study in Nursing Home Residents at Risk
Pressure Ulcer Incidence Cat. II+ on the CuroCell SAM® PRO Static Air Mattress: a Multicenter Cohort Study in Nursing Home Residents at Risk
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 180 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University Ghent · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Pressure Ulcers are a serious and common problem for residents admitted to long-term care facilities and community care patients. They represent a major burden to patients, carers and the Healthcare system, affecting approximately 1 in 20 community patients. International guidelines recommend the use of pressure redistribution support surfaces, systematic patient repositioning and preventive skin care to prevent pressure ulcers. It has been acknowledged that a significant proportion of pressure ulcers are avoidable. The prevalence of pressure ulcers is 1 of the 4 common harms recorded in the UK NHS Safety Thermometer, a local improvement tool for measuring, monitoring and analyzing patient harms across a range of settings, including nursing homes, community nursing and hospitals on a monthly basis. Static or reactive overlay mattresses are an example of a low-tech constant low-pressure support. Static air mattresses maintain a continuous low air pressure that exerts a pressure redistributing effect. Serraes and Beeckman found a pressure ulcer incidence of 5.1% in patients placed on static air support (mattress overlay, heel wedge and seat cushion) in a high risk population in a nursing home setting in Belgium. The CuroCell SAM PRO (Care of Sweden AB) is a static air mattress overlay system used as prevent and treat pressure ulcers (up to category 3) and for pain therapy. The aim of current study is to measure pressure ulcer incidence on the CuroCell Sam PRO static air mattress in nursing home residents at risk for pressure ulcer development over a 30-day period in Belgium.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | CuroCell S.A.M. ® pro mattress | During 30 days, participants will use the static air mattress. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-03-04
- Primary completion
- 2019-02-06
- Completion
- 2020-10-06
- First posted
- 2018-10-31
- Last updated
- 2021-05-06
Locations
8 sites across 1 country: Belgium
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03725787. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.