Interdisciplinary Mobility Approach To Reduction Of Facility-Acquired Pressure Ulcers

University of Cincinnati2,000 enrolled

Overview

Musical reminder will raise compliance with mobility in the long-term care setting and reduce facility-acquired pressure ulcers.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

2,000

Conditions

Pressure Ulcers

Interventions

Musical promptBEHAVIORAL

Repositioning and mobility education program administered to all facility staff combined with tailored musical prompt reminder that played every two hours, every day, during a 12 hour period, for 12 months.

Delayed musical promptBEHAVIORAL

No musical promptOTHER

No intervention.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Long-term care resident * MDS qualified Exclusion Criteria: * Self pay long-term care residents

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Reduction of Facility Acquired Pressure Ulcers

Time frame: 2 years

Secondary Outcomes

Organizational Change

Time frame: 2 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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