Effect of Pressure Injury Prevention Guides Used In a Pediatric Intensive Care

Gülzade Uysal, Duygu Sönmez Düzkaya, Tülay Yakut and Gülçin Bozkurt

Clinical Nursing Research, 2020, vol. 29, issue 4, 249-255

Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a pressure injury prevention guide used in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) on the occurrence of pressure injuries. The design is a pre-post intervention with a control group and a prospective intervention group. Pressure injuries occurred on 9.4% of children in the nontreatment group, and in 3.6% of children in the treatment group. There was a statistically significant difference in the occurrence of pressure injuries between the nontreatment group and the treatment group ( p = .033). The average Braden Q pressure injury score was 12.20 ± 2.280 at the beginning of the intensive care hospitalization, and 13.73 ± 3.312 at discharge in the treatment group ( p

Keywords: guidelines; pediatric intensive care; pressure injury; pediatric nursing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773818817696

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