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

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2020

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Sage Publications inc

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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 < .001). The results show that the risk of pressure injuries was reduced and pressure injuries occurred later when an evidence-based pressure injury prevention guide was used.

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, gulzade/0000-0002-1019-852X; Sonmez Duzkaya, Duygu/0000-0002-1815-8821

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guidelines, pediatric intensive care, pressure injury, pediatric nursing

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29

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4

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249

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255