Introduction: It is known that people with spinal cord injury (SCI) bear a considerably increased risk of developing pressure ulcer, whereby frictional forces and shear forces are recognized as risk factors. It was the aim of the study to examine the effects of a specially developed low-friction hospital bed sheet on skin physiology as well as it's acceptance by patients with SCI. Method: Prospective, randomised crossover study. Patients with a subacute spinal cord injury will be recruited. Each patient spends five consecutive nights on the new, respectively, conventional bed sheet. After the five nights, patients are asked to complete a linear questionnaire (VAS) concerning well-being, odour, perspiration and wrinkling. In addition, the patients are examined daily while still fasting, for skin redness, skin moisture, skin elasticity and skin blood circulation in the parasacral region.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
20
sleeping 5 nights on the new bedsheet
sleeping 5 nights on the conventional bedsheet
Swiss Paraplegic-Centre
Nottwil, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
well-being
linear questionnaire (visual analogue scale)
Time frame: 1 day in the morning after sleeping on the new bed sheet
Skin redness
Measurement: Mexameter 10 points of measurement in the sacral region
Time frame: 1 day in the morning after sleeping on the new bed sheet
Skin perfusion
Measurement: PeriFlux 10 points of measurement in the sacral region
Time frame: 1 day in the morning after sleeping on the new bed sheet
Skin hydration
Measurement: Corneometer 10 points of measurement in the sacral region
Time frame: 1 day in the morning after sleeping on the new bed sheet
Skin elasticity
Measurement: Cutometer 10 points of measurement in the sacral region
Time frame: 1 day in the morning after sleeping on the new bed sheet
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