Comparing alternating pressure mattresses and high-specification foam mattresses to prevent pressure ulcers in high-risk patients: the PRESSURE 2 RCT
Author(s) -
Jane Nixon,
Sarah Brown,
Isabelle L Smith,
Elizabeth McGinnis,
Armando VargasPalacios,
E Andrea Nelson,
Julia Brown,
Susanne Coleman,
Howard Collier,
Catherine Fernandez,
Rachael Gilberts,
Valerie C. Henderson,
Christopher McCabe,
Delia Muir,
Claudia Rutherford,
Nikki Stubbs,
Benjamin Thorpe,
Klemens Wallner,
Kay Walker,
Lyn Wilson,
Claire Hulme
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
health technology assessment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.426
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 2046-4924
pISSN - 1366-5278
DOI - 10.3310/hta23520
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , randomized controlled trial , population , psychological intervention , clinical endpoint , physical therapy , surgery , nursing , environmental health
Pressure ulcers (PUs) are a burden to patients, carers and health-care providers. Specialist mattresses minimise the intensity and duration of pressure on vulnerable skin sites in at-risk patients.
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