Pressure Relieving Support Surfaces for Pressure Ulcer Prevention (PRESSURE 2): Clinical and Health Economic Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial

Background: Pressure ulcers (PUs) are complications of serious acute/chronic illness. Specialist mattresses used for prevention lack high quality effectiveness evidence. We aimed to compare clinical and cost effectiveness of 2 mattress types. Methods: Multicentre, Phase III, open, prospective, paral...

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Main Authors: Jane Nixon, Isabelle L. Smith, Sarah Brown, Elizabeth McGinnis, Armando Vargas-Palacios, E. Andrea Nelson, Susanne Coleman, Howard Collier, Catherine Fernandez, Rachael Gilberts, Valerie Henderson, Delia Muir, Nikki Stubbs, Kay Walker, Lyn Wilson, Claire Hulme
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537019301385