Comparing alternating pressure mattresses and high-specification foam mattresses to prevent pressure ulcers in high-risk patients: the PRESSURE 2 RCT.
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Health Technol Assess. 2019 Sep;23(52):1-176. doi: 10.3310/hta23520.
Health Technol Assess. 2019.
PMID: 31559948
Free PMC article.
Clinical Trial.
New PUs of category 3 developed in 32 (1.6%) participants with insufficient evidence of a difference between mattress groups in time to PU development (Fine and Gray model HR 0.81, 95% CI 0.40 to 1.62; p = 0.5530 and absolute difference 0.4%). Of the 145 pre-existing PUs of categ …
New PUs of category 3 developed in 32 (1.6%) participants with insufficient evidence of a difference between mattress groups in time to PU d …