Open AccessCan an early mobilisation programme prevent hospital‐acquired pressure injures in an intensive care unit?: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Author(s) -
NietoGarcía Leticia,
CarpioPérez Adela,
MoreiroBarroso María Teresa,
AlonsoSardón Montserrat
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international wound journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1742-481X
pISSN - 1742-4801
DOI - 10.1111/iwj.13516
Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , intensive care unit , protocol (science) , odds ratio , systematic review , emergency medicine , medline , physical therapy , intensive care medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , political science , law
A systematic review and meta‐analysis were conducted to clarify the effect of an early mobilisation programme on the prevention of hospital‐acquired pressure injuries in an intensive care unit as opposed to standard care. We searched a total of 11 databases until 1 May 2020 and included seven studies (n = 7.520) related to the effect of early mobilisation protocol in the prevention of hospital‐acquired pressure injuries (five quasi‐experimental and two random comparative). The five quasi‐experimental studies were significantly heterogeneous ( P = .02 for Q test and 66% for I 2 ), and the odds ratio was 0.97 (95% CI: 0.49‐1.91) with a non‐significant statistical difference between both groups ( P = .93). Our study shows inconclusive outcomes related to the effect of the implementation of an early mobility programme in the prevention of pressure injuries in critical patients. Future research is needed considering the small number of articles on the topic.