Clinical trial NCT06848049: Mobile Application-Assisted Pressure Injury Management
Official title: Effect of Mobile Application-Assisted Nursing Services on Pressure Injury Management: A Randomized Controlled Trial on Patients Receiving Home Care
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pressure Injury
Nursing Caries
Application Site Wound
Lead sponsor: Fenerbahce University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-02-26
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: Pressure injuries develop due to decreased movement, especially in bedridden individuals receiving home care. In Turkey, the management of pressure injuries is carried out by nurses in acute and long-term care settings, and mostly by caregivers for individuals receiving home care. Studies have shown that individuals providing home care have a significant need for training. Today, digital health technologies are used to facilitate access to healthcare professionals and provide workload and cost efficiency. Telehealth services in these technologies can be provided via telephone or mobile applications. In this context, the aim of the study is to examine the effect of nursing services provided via mobile applications on the management of pressure injuries in individuals receiving home care. The study was designed as a randomized controlled experimental type. In the power analysis conducted to calculate the sample size, the sample size was determined as 56, and considering that there may be data losses, 60 people will be included in the study. The "Structured Information Form, Pressure Injury Information Form for Caregivers, Pressure Injury Skill Checklist for Caregivers, and Pressure Injury Follow-up Form" will be used as data collection tools in the study. In this study, it is thought that the nurse's remote monitoring of individuals receiving home care with a mobile application in the management of pressure injuries will contribute to patient safety and care costs.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Individuals receiving home care and caregivers
* Individuals over the age of 18
* Individuals with a caregiver who can use the mobile application (The mobile application will be introduced to the caregivers in the first meeting and consent will be obtained from the individual to use it)
* Individuals with a smartphone
* Individuals who can use a smartphone
* Individuals who fill in the data completely
* Individuals with a pressure injury

Exclusion Criteria:

* Individuals who cannot use mobile applications
* Individuals who cannot use smartphones
* Individuals who want to leave the study
* Individuals who have incomplete data collected in the study for various reasons
* Individuals with chronic diseases (Diabetes and Hypertension)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Improvement (decrease) in the Bates-Jensen Wound Assessment Tool scores of individuals receiving nursing services will be observed with the mobile application developed for the management of pressure injuries.
timeFrame: 28 days
measure: Improvement (increase) will be observed in the "Pressure Injury Knowledge Scale for Caregivers" scores of caregivers receiving nursing services through the mobile application developed for the management of pressure injuries.
timeFrame: 28 days
measure: Improvement (increase) will be observed in the "Pressure Injury Skills Checklist" scores of caregivers receiving nursing services through the mobile application developed for the management of pressure injuries.
timeFrame: 28 days
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