Development of tailored care protocol for skin tears among elderly people

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25670990
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: SANADA Hiromi 東京大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (50143920)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SUGAMA Junko 金沢大学, 保健学系, 教授 (00203307) ; KONYA Chizuko 金沢医科大学, 看護学部, 教授 (20303282) ; MURAYAMA Ryoko 東京大学, 医学部附属病院, 特任准教授 (10279854) ; MORI Taketoshi 東京大学, 大学院医学系研究科, 特任准教授 (20272586) ; MINEMATSU Takeo 東京大学, 大学院医学系研究科, 特任講師 (00398752)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: スキンテア / 高齢者 / テーラーメイド

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Skin tear is defined as the result of shearing, friction, or blunt trauma that causes separation of skin layers, which often occurs in extremities in the elderly. In this study, we clarified the prevalence and 3-months cumulative incidence among elderly patients in a long-term medical hospital and high risk skin properties. Furthermore, we revealed the net prevalence of 0.78% from nation-wide prevalence study including over 105,000 patients. With the aid of morphological analysis of skin tears by sketching method, some features including shape, direction of the flap, location, or purpura on surrounding skin, were revealed which can offer the clue for establishing algorithm to estimate the etiologic external force.

Free Research Field

老年看護学／創傷看護学