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Effect of Different Positioning Before, During and After Surgery on Pressure Injury

NCT05549830 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2022-09-22

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Summary

Background: Patients undergoing surgery are at risk of developing pressure injuries since they remain in a fixed position on the operating table under anesthesia for a long time. In the management of surgical patients, the prevention of surgical pressure injuries is the best strategy, requiring effective risk assessment and timely implementation of preventive interventions.

Aim: To evaluate the effect of preoperative and postoperative patient repositioning other than intraoperative positions on the development of pressure injuries.

H1 Hypothesis: In the preoperative and postoperative periods, there is a significant difference in the development of pressure injuries between patients who have been repositioned using non-surgical positions compared to those that did not undergo this intervention.

Methods: This study has been designed as a prospective randomized controlled trial. Patients meeting the inclusion criteria of the trial will be allocated to the intervention and control groups using a random number generator. The participants to be assigned to the intervention group will be placed in different positions other than their surgical positions on the night before surgery and until the first 36 hours after the operation, while the control group will only receive routine care. The groups will be evaluated in terms of pressure injury development for at least 72 hours until the end of the postoperative sixth day or discharge from the hospital.

Conditions

  • Pressure Injury
  • Injuries

Interventions

OTHER

Patient Positioning

In the preoperative period, the patient/patient relative will be informed about the possible surgical position and the importance of placing the patient in a different position before and after surgery. İn the postoperative period, the patient will be placed in a different position compared to during surgery, with repositioning being undertaken every two hours until the first 36th postoperative hour, and the development of pressure injuries will be evaluated at the 36th hour. If no pressure injury has developed in this period, the patient will be placed in the surgical position for a duration that will not exceed 30 minutes, and then repositioning will be applied at two-hour intervals. If pressure injuries have developed, different repositioning techniques will continue to be applied at two-hour intervals.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Marmara University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bedia Güler, Nurse · Marmara University, Institute of Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-10-31
Primary Completion
2023-03-31
Completion
2023-12-31

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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