Comparing alternating pressure mattresses and high-specification foam mattresses to prevent pressure ulcers in high-risk patients: the PRESSURE 2 RCT
- Submitting institution
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Glasgow Caledonian University
- Unit of assessment
- 3 - Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy
- Output identifier
- 33077052
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.3310/hta23520
- Title of journal
- Health Technology Assessment
- Article number
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- First page
- 1
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 52
- ISSN
- 1366-5278
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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20
- Research group(s)
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- Citation count
- 4
- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- Specialist mattresses minimise the intensity and duration of pressure on vulnerable skin sites in at-risk patients. This 100-page NIHR HTA report details a multicentre, Phase III, open, prospective, planned as an adaptive double-triangular group sequential, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial (n=2,954), conducted across 42 UK sites. The objectives were to assess time to developing a new pressure ulcer of category ≥ 2 in patients using an alternating pressure mattress compared with a high-specification foam mattress. Andrea Nelson contributed to conception and design of the trial, protocol implementation, interpretation of data, revising the report for intellectual content and approved the final report.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
- Andrea Nelson made a substantial contribution to the design of the study, carrying out the study, analysis and interpretation of study data, and drafting the output.
- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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