Lifestyle intervention for adults with spinal cord injury: Results of the USC-RLANRC Pressure Ulcer Prevention Study.

ABSTRACT:

Context/objective

Medically serious pressure injuries (MSPrIs), a common complication of spinal cord injury (SCI), have devastating consequences on health and well-being and are extremely expensive to treat. We aimed to test the efficacy of a lifestyle-based intervention designed to reduce incidence of MSPrIs in adults with SCI.

Design

A randomized controlled trial (RCT), and a separate study wing involving a nonrandomized standard care control group.

Setting

Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, a large facility serving ethnically diverse, low income residents of Los Angeles County.

Participants

Adults with SCI, with history of one or more MSPrIs over the past 5 years: N=166 for RCT component, N=66 in nonrandomized control group.

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SUBMITTER: Carlson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6340272 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature