1. The design and adhibition of lower extremitas abduction brace pads
Zhenli XU ; Jie WANG ; Jimei SHEN ; Ying HUANG ; Qiaoyun XI
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2020;36(6):440-443
Objective:
To investigate the effect of the lower extremitas abduction brace pads which is designed by our team in helping patient turnover after orthopedic femoral neck fracture, intertrochanteric fracture, femoral head replacement.
Methods:
Using prospective cohort study to facilitate sampling From October 2016 to August 2017, in an upper third-class hospital of Jiangsu province, we selected 100 patients in Orthopedics dept. No.1 at random as the experimental group and 80 patients in dept. No.2 as the control group. Lower extremitas abduction brace pads were used in experimental group and pillows, backrests and clothes were used in control group. Comfort level, incidence of skin pressure injury, joint dislocation rate and the compliance of the two groups were compared.
Results:
The number of patients in experimental group who rated the comfort up to 3 (feel a little pain and uncomfortable) was much higher than that in control group (