Pressure Ulcer Prevention for SCI Using a Tele Home Program
Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Spinal Cord Injury, Pressure Ulcers
In brief
NRI research focuses on nursing interventions that are patient-centered, culturally congruent, cost-effective and outcome-driven. High priority populations of interest are veterans with Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI). The development of innovative tele home techniques for preventing pressure ulcers in veterans with SCI is of high importance in the VA. Our findings may provide clinicians with improved methods for skin and wound assessment and more effective and efficient PUP strategies for Hispanic and non Hispanic veterans. The new model for primary care, the patient-centered Medical Home provides an exciting change in the VA that can benefit from the proposed project.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01166828
- Run by
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- People needed
- 0
- Starts
- 2011-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-06-26
Who can join
Age: 21 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Veterans with SCI - at the level of C6-L1 motor complete (ASIA A) 96 who have physical capability of independently performing a "pressure relief" (ASIA A persons are nonambulatory population and thus, full-time wheelchair users and are the most susceptible to having PUs)
- 21 years of age or older
- free of PUs for at least six months prior to recruitment
- SCI for 1 year in duration
- reside with a caregiver
- have a " plain old telephone system" (POTS) line in their home of residence
You may not qualify if…
- Veterans with SCI with complete motor and spared sensory function , individuals with lesions C5 and above and lesions below L1
- significant psychiatric comorbidities (e.g., schizophrenia and other active psychoses)
- cognitive impairments that limit a patient's ability to participate in the TELEPUPPS or telephone attention control intervention
- a terminal illness
Where it is running
- North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System — Gainesville, Florida, United States
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