Self-Management to Prevent Ulcers in Veterans With SCI (Spinal Cord Injury)
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Pressure Ulcers, Spinal Cord Injuries
In brief
Pressure ulcers (PrUs) are the most frequent significant medical complication after spinal cord injury (SCI). PrU prevalence, morbidity, mortality, and recurrence rates are high, and most persons with SCI will have at least one serious PrU during their lifetime. VA costs of treating the almost 3,500 unique Veterans with SCI and a severe ulcer at an SCI Center in FY10 was just under $400 million.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00763282
- Run by
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- People needed
- 144
- Starts
- 2008-11-01
- Expected to finish
- 2011-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-04-27
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- over 18 years of age,
- SCI of at least six month's duration,
- hospitalized for a Stage III or IV PrU,
- cognitively intact,
- available for telephone follow-up, and
- discharged to a community setting or able to direct own care.
You may not qualify if…
- We excluded patients with a terminal diagnosis, severe psychiatric comorbidities (eg, current psychosis), cognitive impairments that limited their ability to consent or participate, severe hearing loss, and wounds not expected to heal. People discharged to nursing homes unable to direct their own care were also excluded.
Where it is running
- VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA — Long Beach, California, United States
- Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, GA — Augusta, Georgia, United States
- Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL — Hines, Illinois, United States
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX — Houston, Texas, United States
- Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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