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Review: support surfaces, nutritional supplements, and topical agents help prevent pressure ulcers

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.10.2.54

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    Reddy M, Gill SS, Rochon PA. Preventing pressure ulcers: a systematic review. JAMA 2006;296:974–84.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Q What is the quality of evidence for various pressure ulcer prevention interventions?

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    Medline, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, and CINAHL (to June 2006); Cochrane Library (Issue 1, 2006); UMI Proquest Digital Dissertations; ISI Web of Science; Cambridge Scientific Abstracts; and bibliographies of retrieved articles.

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    randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in any language that evaluated interventions for preventing pressure ulcers and reported objective, clinically relevant outcomes. 59 RCTs (n = 13 845) met the selection criteria. Quality assessment of individual studies was based on 6 elements from the CLEAR NPT checklist: randomisation procedure, allocation concealment, blinding of participants and outcome assessors, follow up, and intention to treat analysis.

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    Footnotes

    • For correspondence: Dr M Reddy, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, Boston, MA, USA. MahuriReddy{at}hrca.harvard.edu

    • Sources of funding: Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Ontario Ministry of Health.