PMID: 11905977Mar 22, 2002Paper

A randomized control trial to evaluate pressure-reducing seat cushions for elderly wheelchair users

Advances in Skin & Wound Care
Mary Jo GeyerS Kelsey

Abstract

To determine if the use of pressure-reducing wheelchair cushions for elderly nursing home resident wheelchair users who are at high risk for developing sitting-acquired pressure ulcers would result in a lower incidence rate of pressure ulcers, a greater number of days until ulceration, and lower peak interface pressures compared with the use of convoluted foam cushions over a 12-month period. To determine the feasibility of conducting a subsequent full-scale definitive trial to evaluate the use of pressure-reducing seat cushions for elderly nursing home resident wheelchair users. Randomized control trial 2200-bed skilled nursing facilities (1 suburban and 1 urban academic medical center) 32 male and female at-risk nursing home residents who were wheelchair users > or = 65 years of age. Participants had Braden Scale scores < or = 18, Braden Activity and Mobilitysubscale scores < or = 5, no sitting surface pressure ulcers, and a daily wheelchair sitting tolerance of more than 6 hours. All met criteria for using the ETAC Twin wheelchair. Seating evaluation with pressure-mapping and subsequent seating prescription. Subjects were assigned to either a foam (n=17) or pressure-reducing cushion (n=15) group and weekly assessments of ski...Continue Reading

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