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Preventiva åtgärder vid trycksår: Ett arbetsterapeutiskt perspektiv
Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare, HHJ, Dep. of Rehabilitation. Hjälpmedelscenter Region Blekinge.
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Preventive measures for pressure ulcers patients : An occupational therapy perspective (English)
Abstract [sv]

Syfte: Syftet med studien var att kartlägga individuellt förskrivna preventiva åtgärder hos personer med trycksår, samt kartlägga förskrivning av de preventiva åtgärderna.

Metod: En kvantitativ sekundär analys av de preventiva åtgärderna hos personer med trycksår i kategori 1-4 utifrån studien Clinical evaluation with long-term follow-up of patients with pressure ulcers in one Swedish county har genomförts. Primärstudiens registerdata utifrån Rikssår har använts och individuellt förskrivna preventiva åtgärder i form av hjälpmedel har analyserats med hjälpmedelssystemet Sesam 2.

Resultat: Totalt inkluderades 50 personer med trycksår i kategori 1-4 registrerade inom primärvård, kommun och slutenvård. Majoriteten av personerna hade inte individuellt förskrivna preventiva åtgärder. 75% av personerna med trycksår i kategori 1-4 på sacrum tuber ischi angavs ha en behandlande madrass, medan det var individuellt till totalt 38% av personerna. Arbetsterapeuter inom kommun var uteslutande de som förskrev störst andel av individuella preventiva eller behandlande hjälpmedel till personer med trycksår.

Konklusion: Studien visar på brister i de individuellt förskrivna preventiva åtgärderna hos denna sköra, beroende och åldrande patientgrupp, vilket på sikt kan leda till att patienter med trycksår ofrivilligt utestängs från möjligheten till deltagande i aktivitet.

Abstract [en]

Aim: The aim of the study was to chart individually prescribed preventive measures in patients with pressure ulcers, and to chart the prescription of the preventive measures.

Method: A quantitative secondary analysis of the preventive measures in patients with pressure ulcers in categories 1-4 based on the study "Clinical evaluation with long-term follow-up of patients with pressure ulcers in one swedish county" has been carried out. The primary study´s register data based on Rikssår has been used and individually prescribed preventive measures in the form of aids have been analyzed with the aids system Sesam 2.

Results: A total of 50 patients with pressure ulcers in categories 1-4 were registered in primary care, community care and inpatient care included in the study. The majority of those patients did not have individually prescribed preventive measures. 75% of patients with pressure ulcers in categories 1-4 on sacrum/tuber ischi were stated to have a pressure-relieving mattress, while it was individually prescribed to a total of 38% of patients. Occupational therapists within community care were exclusively those who prescribed the largets proportion of individual preventive or tretment aids to people with pressure ulcers.

Conclusion: The result in this study shows deficiences in the individually prescribed preventive measures in this fragile, dependent and aging patient group, wich may lead to, that patients with pressure ulcers being involuntarily excluded from the possibility of participating in activity.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. , p. 39
Keywords [en]
Activity, health, occupational therapy interventions, pressure ulcer, pressure ulcer prevention
Keywords [sv]
Aktivitet, arbetsterapeutiska interventioner, hälsa, trycksår, trycksårsprevention
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Medical and Health Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-55425ISRN: JU-HHJ-ATA-2-20210232OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-55425DiVA, id: diva2:1622280
Subject / course
HHJ, Occupational Therapy
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Available from: 2021-12-22 Created: 2021-12-21 Last updated: 2021-12-22Bibliographically approved

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