Peri-operative Risk Factors for Postoperative Pressure Ulcer in Surgical Patients

The aim of this retrospective study is to overall evaluate and validate preoperative and intra-operative risk factors for postoperative pressure ulcers in critically ill postoperative patients.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Postoperative Pressure Ulcer

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 126

Contacts and Locations

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 28 years to 88 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Total about 130 adult surgical patients underwent surgical procedures and admitted in intensive care unit (ICU) using electronic documentation applications from Jan 2012 through Dec 2013.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients in ICU with a greater than 48 hours
• Underwent a surgical procedures,
• Absence of pressure ulcer present at admission to the ICU and developed a stage II or higher pressure ulcer, deep tissue injury, or unstageable ulcer, as defined by the pressure ulcer staging guidelines of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients will be excluded from the study if they had been diagnosed with pressure ulcer before the surgery
• Pediatric patients

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Case-Control
• Time Perspectives: Retrospective

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
pressure ulcer group; Patient who developing pressure ulcer categorized as stage more than II after surgery
Control group; Patients has identical values on the matching factors such as age, sex and surgical procedures of control group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
independent preoperative risk factors	Postoperative new-onset pressure ulcers were identified from nursing documentation in the patient's electrical medical record within 1 month after surgery	up to1 month after surgery

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Yonsei University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Sung Won Na, MD, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Anesthesia and Pain Research Institute Yonsei University College of Medicine

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: October 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): October 1, 2014
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 13, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 27, 2014
• First Posted (Estimate): October 31, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): October 31, 2014
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 27, 2014
• Last Verified: October 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Skin Diseases; Skin Ulcer; Pressure Ulcer
• Other Study ID Numbers: 4-2014-0323