Journal article
Health service provision and the use of pressure-redistributing devices: mixed methods study of community dwelling individuals with pressure injuries
Contemporary Nurse, Vol.53(3), pp.378-389
2017
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Abstract
<p><em>Background</em>: Health care within the home setting is a vital and growing component of pressure injury (PI) prevention and management. <br /><em>Objectives</em>: To describe the use of health services and pressure-redistributing devices in community dwelling patients with PI’s. <br /><em>Design</em>: Mixed-methods collective case study of a defined, diverse geographic postcode area in the United Kingdom. <br /><em>Methods</em>: Quantitative retrospective analysis of electronic and paper medical records of adult PI patients from 2015 district nursing reports. Qualitative semi-structured interviews of community dwelling adult patients receiving, or received, treatment for PI in 2016. <br /><em>Results</em>: Mandatory reports (<em>n</em> = 103) revealed that 90 patients were supplied with a variety of pressure-redistributing devices but only one-third of patients used the equipment as recommended. Qualitative interviews (<em>n</em> = 12), reported to COREQ guidelines, revealed that patients felt reliant on community health services, and were concerned about the consistency of their care. <br /><em>Conclusions</em>: Authentic patient involvement is required to provide care and interventions that are acceptable to PI patients and can be incorporated into self-care strategies and effectively monitored.</p>
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- Title
- Health service provision and the use of pressure-redistributing devices: mixed methods study of community dwelling individuals with pressure injuries
- Creators
- Debra Jackson - Oxford Brookes UniversityLisa Durrant - Oxford Brookes UniversityEmily Bishop - Oxford Health NHS Foundation TrustHelen Walthall - Oxford Brookes UniversityRia Betteridge - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSarah Gardner - Oxford Health NHS Foundation TrustWendy Coulton - Oxford Brookes UniversityMarie Hutchinson - Southern Cross UniversityStephen Neville - Auckland University of TechnologyPatricia M Davidson - John Hopkins UniversityKim Usher - University of New England
- Publication Details
- Contemporary Nurse, Vol.53(3), pp.378-389
- Identifiers
- 3520; 991012820491002368
- Academic Unit
- School of Health and Human Sciences; Nursing; Faculty of Health
- Resource Type
- Journal article