Observational studyInternational wound journal2016
A wearable wound moisture sensor as an indicator for wound dressing change: an observational study of wound moisture and status.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Diabetic foot prevention, assessment, and management using innovative smart wearable technology: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- Advancements in Smart Wound Dressings: Leveraging Sensor Technology for Real-Time Wound Monitoring and Management.Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.) · 2026Review
- Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) detection for the identification of bacterial infections in clinical wound samples.Talanta · 2025Review
- Biosensors integrated within wearable devices for monitoring chronic wound status.APL bioengineering · 2025Article
- A comparison of several separation processes for eggshell membrane powder as a natural biomaterial for skin regeneration.Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) · 2024Article
- The emerging progress on wound dressings and their application in clinic wound management.Heliyon · 2023Review
- Multilayer Methacrylate-Based Wound Dressing as a Therapeutic Tool for Targeted Pain Relief.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Smart bioadhesives for wound healing and closure.Bioactive materials · 2023Review
- Data-driven digital health technologies in the remote clinical care of diabetic foot ulcers: a scoping review.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2023Article
- Improving disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment using novel bionic technologies.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2023Review
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- Biopolymer Composites with Sensors for Environmental and Medical Applications.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- A Review of Stimuli-Responsive Smart Materials for Wearable Technology in Healthcare: Retrospective, Perspective, and Prospective.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Impact of silk hydrogel secondary structure on hydrogel formation, silk leaching and in vitro response.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Localised plasmonic hybridisation mode optical fibre sensing of relative humidity.Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical · 2022Article
- Thermotropic Liquid Crystals for Temperature Mapping.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
- Development of Nanoemulsions for Wound Dressings ContainingEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- Silver Conductive Threads-Based Embroidered Electrodes on Textiles as Moisture Sensors for Fluid Detection in Biomedical Applications.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Conductive Biomaterials as Bioactive Wound Dressing for Wound Healing and Skin Tissue Engineering.Nano-micro letters · 2021Review
- A wireless and battery-free wound infection sensor based on DNA hydrogel.Science advances · 2021Article
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Abstract
Wound moisture is known to be a key parameter to ensure optimum healing conditions in wound care. This study tests the moisture content of wounds in normal practice in order to observe the moisture condition of the wound at the point of dressing change. This study is also the first large-scale observational study that investigates wound moisture status at dressing change. The WoundSense sensor is a commercially available moisture sensor which sits directly on the wound in order to find the moisture status of the wound without disturbing or removing the dressing. The results show that of the 588 dressing changes recorded, 44·9% were made when the moisture reading was in the optimum moisture zone. Of the 30 patients recruited for this study, 11 patients had an optimum moisture reading for at least 50% of the measurements before dressing change. These results suggest that a large number of unnecessary dressing changes are being made. This is a significant finding of the study as it suggests that the protocols currently followed can be modified to allow fewer dressing changes and less disturbance of the healing wound bed.
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