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Trial reportInternational wound journal2018

A randomised controlled trial of the clinical effectiveness of multi-layer silicone foam dressings for the prevention of pressure injuries in high-risk aged care residents: The Border III Trial.

Nick Santamaria, Marie Gerdtz, Suzanne Kapp, Lauren Wilson, Amit Gefen

Open access · bronzeAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International wound journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nick SantamariaDepartment of Nursing, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Marie GerdtzDepartment of Nursing, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2100-994X
Suzanne KappDepartment of Nursing, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5438-8384
Lauren WilsonDepartment of Nursing, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Amit GefenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0223-7218
The University of Melbourne · AUTel Aviv University · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pressure injuries are prevalent in highly dependent aged care residents. This study investigated the clinical effectiveness of the application of the Mepilex Border Sacrum and Mepilex Heel dressings to prevent the development of facility-acquired pressure injuries. A total of 288 recently admitted residents were enrolled from 40 Australian nursing homes into a randomised controlled trial. Residents randomised to standard care (n = 150) received pressure injury prevention as recommended by international guidelines. Residents randomised to the intervention (n = 138) received standard pressure injury prevention care and had dressings applied to their sacrum and heels. Participants were comparable on demographic and physiological parameters. More residents in the control group developed pressure injuries than in the intervention group (16 vs 3, P = 0.004), and they developed more pressure injuries in total than residents in the intervention group. The results represent a relative risk reduction of 80% for residents treated with the dressings and for every 12 patients that we treated we prevented one pressure injury. Based on our findings, we conclude that the use of the Mölnlycke Mepilex Border Sacrum and Mepilex Heel dressings confers a significant additional protective benefit to nursing home residents with a high risk of developing a facility-acquired pressure injury.

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BandagesHomes for the AgedNursing HomesSiliconesAgedAged, 80 and overAustraliaFemaleHeelHumansMalePressure UlcerSacrumTreatment OutcomeSiliconesaged carepressure injurypreventionprophylactic dressings

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PMID29635842
PMCPMC7950314
OpenAlexW2796727195

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