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- Title
Effect of interface pressure and skin surface temperature on pressure injury incidence: a turning schedule pilot study.
- Authors
Tarigan, Sumiati; Yusuf, Saldy; Syam, Yuliana
- Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the interface pressure and skin surface temperature in relation to the incidence of pressure injury (PI) using three different turning schedules. Method: This was a pilot study with a three-armed randomised clinical trial design. Participants at risk of PI and treated in the high dependency care unit in a regional hospital in Makassar, Indonesia participated in this study. Patients were repositioned at three different turning schedules (two-, three- and four-hourly intervals). Interface pressure measurement and skin surface temperature were measured between 14:00 and 18:00 every three days. The incidence of PI was assessed during the two-week observation period. Results: A total of 44 participants took part in the study. A one-way ANOVA test revealed no difference in interface pressure among the three different turning schedule groups within two weeks of observations: day zero, p=0.56; day four, p=0.95; day seven, p=0.56; day 10, p=0.63; and day 14, p=0.92. Although the average periumbilical temperature and skin surface temperature were not significant (p>0.05), comparison between these observation sites was significant on all observation days (p<0.05). Regarding the incidence of PI, the proportional hazard test for the development of PI in the three groups was considered not different (hazard ratio: 1.46, 95% confidence interval: 0.43-4.87, p=0.54). Conclusion: No difference in interface pressure and incidence of PI on the three turning schedules was observed; however, there was a potential increase in skin surface temperature in comparison with periumbilical temperature for all three turning schedules. Declaration of interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
- Subjects
INDONESIA; MEDICAL thermometry; PILOT projects; RESEARCH; KRUSKAL-Wallis Test; CONFIDENCE intervals; PRESSURE ulcers; ONE-way analysis of variance; PRESSURE; SKIN temperature; DISEASE incidence; INTERVIEWING; MANN Whitney U Test; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; RISK assessment; NAVEL; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; SACRUM; KAPLAN-Meier estimator; STATISTICAL sampling; DATA analysis software; PATIENT positioning; BEDSORE risk factors; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Journal of Wound Care, 2021, Vol 30, Issue 8, p632
- ISSN
0969-0700
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/jowc.2021.30.8.632