2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of cover and linen of support surfaces for the prevention of pressure ulcer

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23660002
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Fundamental nursing
Research Institution	Kanazawa University
Principal Investigator	SUGAMA Junko 金沢大学, 保健学系, 教授 (00203307)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	SANADA Hiromi 東京大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (50143920)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Keywords	褥瘡予防 / 寝床内環境
Research Abstract	The aim of this prospective cohort study was to describe the relationship between the pressure ulcer development and the microclimate of the support surfaces. Total mean difference in skin temperature can be used as predictor for pressure ulcer for development and superficial skin changes, while synthetic fiber sheets has the potential effect to maintain favorable microclimate which can prevent pressure ulcers development and superficial skin changes. We must need to revise our basic experimental protocol for the testing the microclimate condition of the support surfaces.