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ArticleJMIR research protocols2019

Monitoring Immobilized Elderly Patients Using a Public Provider Online System for Pressure Ulcer Information and Registration (SIRUPP): Protocol for a Health Care Impact Study.

Eugenio Vera-Salmerón, Claudia Rutherford, Carmen Dominguez-Nogueira, María Pilar Tudela-Vázquez, Victor J Costela-Ruiz, Basilio Gómez-Pozo

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Eugenio Vera-Salmerón *Distrito Sanitario Granada-Metropolitano (Servicio Andaluz de Salud), Armilla, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7583-0429
Claudia RutherfordBeckett Senior Research Fellow Quality of Life Office, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4637-4572
Carmen Dominguez-NogueiraDistrito Sanitario Granada-Metropolitano (Servicio Andaluz de Salud), Armilla, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3304-5865
María Pilar Tudela-VázquezDistrito Sanitario Granada-Metropolitano (Servicio Andaluz de Salud), Armilla, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3693-0077
Victor J Costela-RuizDepartamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7285-6615
Basilio Gómez-PozoDistrito Sanitario Granada-Metropolitano (Servicio Andaluz de Salud), Armilla, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7779-4262
Andalusian Health Service · ESThe University of Sydney · AUUniversidad de Granada · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPressure ulcers represent a major challenge to patient safety in the health care context, presenting high incidence (from 7% to 14% in Spain) and increased financial costs (€400-600 million/year) in medical treatment. Moreover, they are a significant predictor of mortality. The prevention of pressure ulcers in long-term care centers and patients' own homes is proposed as a priority indicator of health care quality. Early stage risk assessment and database recording are both crucial aspects of prevention, classification, diagnosis, and treatment.

objectiveThis project proposes a 3-year study of immobilized patients residing in the Granada-Metropolitan Primary Healthcare District (DSGM) and monitored via the Pressure Ulcer Information and Registration System (SIRUPP, Spanish initials). The project aims to estimate the incidence of PUs among immobilized elderly patients, analyze the health-related quality of life of these patients by using the Pressure Ulcer Quality of Life (PU-QoL) instrument in a sample of 250 patients, determine the average time to complete wound healing, estimate the rate of pressure ulcers-associated mortality, and assess the predictive value of the Braden and Mini Nutritional Assessment risk measurement scales in a sample of 1700 patients.

methodsThe DSGM runs SIRUPP, which is linked to patients' electronic health records. Currently, 17,104 immobilized patients are monitored under this system. Health-related quality of life will be measured by patient self-reports using the Spanish Pressure Ulcer Quality of Life questionnaire, following cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation with respect to the English-language version.

resultsThe project commenced in June 2017 and is expected to conclude in April 2020.

conclusionsThis study addresses two main health outcomes-the time needed for wound healing and the mortality associated with pressure ulcers-both of which might be accounted for by variations in clinical practice and the health-related quality of life of patients with pressure ulcers. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/13701.

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health-related quality of lifepressure ulcersprimary health carewound healing

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