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Pressure injury prevalence in critical care settings: An observational pre-post intervention study.
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- Comparing the efficacy of Zinc Oxide versus Vaseline prophylactic dressings in preventing sacral pressure injuries in patients admitted to the intensive care unit.International wound journal · 2024Trial
- Association Between Charlson Comorbidity Index and Pressure Injury Stage: A Retrospective Cohort Study.International wound journal · 2026Article
- Patient and Family Perspectives of Pressure Injury Prevention and Management in Acute Care: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Observational
- Early Detection of Deep Tissue Pressure Injury in Intensive Care Using Hemodynamics-Based Machine Learning: A Retrospective Cohort Study.International wound journal · 2026Observational
- Physical Restraint in Critically Ill Older Patients: ICU Nurses' Attitudes and Ethical Decision-Making.Nursing in critical care · 2026Article
- Knowledge gaps in pressure injury, medical device-related pressure injury, and skin tear among intensive care unit nurses.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life and Mobility Levels in ICU Survivors with Heel Pressure Ulcer: An Observational Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Article
- Characteristics, risk factors, prevention and nursing measures of medical device-related pressure injuries in critically ill patients: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Risk factors for hospital-acquired pressure injury in neurosurgery inpatients: a real-world prospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2025Observational
- Factors Influencing Pressure Injury Development and Survival Duration in Adults Admitted to the ICU: A Retrospective Cohort Study Following the STROBE Guidelines.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Conference Abstracts "Bridges in Rehabilitation" of the 2Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls · 2025Article
- Impact of multifaceted interventions on pressure injury prevention: a systematic review.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Evidence-based management of stage 2 pressure injuries in country-specific context.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- The pressure injury prevalence and practice improvements (PIPPI) study: A multiple methods evaluation of pressure injury prevention practices in an acute-care hospital.International wound journal · 2024Article
- Pressure injury prevalence in critical care settings: An observational pre-post intervention study.Nursing open · 2024Observational
- Enhancing clinical reliability in pressure injury prediction: A conformal prediction approach with machine learning models.Digital healthArticle
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
aimTo explore pressure injury prevention practices and evaluate the impact of an educational intervention on PI prevalence before and after an educational intervention.
designA multi-centre observational study.
methodData were collected at two time points in May 2021 and April 2022 using a Qualtrics® online form. Two Registered Nurses at each site collected observational data at each time point by diagnosing and staging any identified pressure injuries as part of a prevalence study. Patients admitted to participating units were included.
resultsA total of 181 patients in critical care units were included at the two-time points. Pressure injury prevalence was 60.9% at the outset, with 52.9% hospital-acquired, 37.9% unit-acquired and 23.0% medical device-related. Post-intervention prevalence decreased significantly to 28.7%, including 21.3% hospital-acquired, 14.9% unit-acquired, and 8.5% medical device-related. Pressure injuries were prominent in the sacral region, head area, and heels. Stages I and II pressure injuries were the most common. Increased age and longer ICU stays are linked to a heightened risk of pressure injury development in critically ill patients, whereas higher haemoglobin levels show an inverse relationship with the development of both pressure injury and severe stages in the univariate analysis. The predictive models revealed that increased age and longer ICU stays are predictors for both pressure injury development and progression to severe stages, while Braden scores predict the likelihood of developing severe stages of pressure injuries.
conclusionsThis study has identified a benchmark for pressure injury prevalence in critical care units in Saudi Arabia. The results demonstrate that pressure injuries can be prevented in critically ill patients when evidence-based education strategies are implemented. PATIENT CARE IMPACT: Pressure injuries are an important issue for critically ill patients and can be prevented with proper investments. Strategies to prevent pressure injuries from admission will result in fewer pressure injuries. REPORTING
methodStrengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines and the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) checklist. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: No patient or public contribution.
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