A randomized clinical trial on preventing pressure ulcers with wheelchair seat cushions.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the efficacy of skin protection wheelchair seat cushions in preventing pressure ulcers in the elderly nursing home population.

Design

Clinical trial with participants assigned at random to a skin protection or segmented foam cushion. Two hundred thirty-two participants were recruited between June 2004 and May 2008 and followed for 6 months or until pressure ulcer incidence.

Setting

Twelve nursing homes.

Participants

Nursing home residents aged 65 and older who were using wheelchairs for 6 or more hours per day and had a Braden score of 18 or less and a combined Braden activity and mobility score of 5 or less. Participants were recruited from a referred sample.

Intervention

All participants were provided with a fitted wheelchair an

SUBMITTER: Brienza D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3065866 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature