Utility of Interface Pressure Mapping

Henry Ford Health System428 enrolled

Overview

To determine if a device that measures and displays pressure that the patients feel when in bed can help nurses reposition the patient effectively and thereby reduce bedsores in the intensive care unit.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

428

Conditions

Ulcers Bedsores

Interventions

Mapping SystemDEVICE

Pressure Sensing coverlet on ICU bed and provides real time feedback to assist in effective patient repositioning

Non-Mapping SystemDEVICE

Standard ICU bed with no mapping system

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years and older, * care giver trained on mapping system Exclusion Criteria: * Less than 18 years, * pregnant women, * weight greater 550 lbs, and subjects requiring a specialty mattress

Locations (1)

Henry Ford Hospital

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pressure Mapping Reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers

Comparing number of pressure ulcers when using pressure mapping compared to when not.

Time frame: Time admitted in the Medical Intensive Care Unit

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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