Application and preventive effect of hammock firmness sheets for pressure ulcer / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To know the preventive effects of using hammock firmness sheets for pa-tients with pressure ulcer.Methods Divided 98 patients into the application group (31 cases), the treatment group(30 cases) and the control group(37 cases) according to themselves condition.Hammock firmness sheets was used in the application group, while the routine preventive method of pressure ulcer was used in the control group.To know the preventive effects of pressure ulcer betweent the two groups.The patients in the treatment group was patients had pressure ulcer, hammock firmness sheets combined with local massage were used for them, observed the treatment effects for them.Results The condi-tion of preventive effect of pressure ulcer in the application group was better than those of in the control group.The cure rate of pres sure ulcer in the treatment group was 90%.Conclusions The hammock firmness sheets can prevent pressure ulcer effectively.