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Bed rest for pressure ulcer healing in wheelchair users

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, October 2016
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Title
Bed rest for pressure ulcer healing in wheelchair users
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, October 2016
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd011999.pub2
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Authors

Zena EH Moore, Menno T van Etten, Jo C Dumville

Abstract

Pressure ulcers, which are localised injury to the skin or underlying tissue, or both, occur when people are unable to reposition themselves to relieve pressure on bony prominences. Pressure ulcers are often difficult to heal, painful, and impact negatively on the individual's quality of life. International guidelines suggest bed rest as a component of the treatment strategy to manage pressure ulcers among wheelchair users. The potential benefits and risks need to be considered when assessing the effectiveness of bed rest as an intervention for treating pressure ulcers in this population. Therefore, it was important to search and appraise existing research evidence in order to determine the impact of bed rest on the healing of pressure ulcers in wheelchair users. To assess the impact of bed rest on pressure ulcer healing, in wheelchair users, of any age, who are living or being cared for in any setting. In October 2016 we searched: the Cochrane Wounds Specialised Register; the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (the Cochrane Library); Ovid MEDLINE (including In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, MEDLINE Daily and Epub Ahead of Print); Ovid EMBASE and EBSCO CINAHL Plus. We also searched clinical trials registries and conference proceedings and for ongoing and unpublished studies. There were no restrictions with respect to language, date of publication or study setting. We considered randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and cluster-RCTs that evaluated the impact of bed rest on healing pressure ulcers in wheelchair users. Two review authors independently assessed titles and abstracts of the studies identified by the search strategy for their eligibility. We identified no studies that met the inclusion criteria. We set out to evaluate the research evidence, from randomised controlled trials, of the impact of bed rest on pressure ulcer healing in wheelchair users. No study met the inclusion criteria. It is uncertain whether bed rest makes a difference to the healing of pressure ulcers in wheelchair users. Well-designed trials addressing important clinical, quality of life and economic outcomes are required.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 <1%
Unknown 198 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 34 17%
Student > Bachelor 18 9%
Researcher 17 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 6%
Other 27 14%
Unknown 79 40%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 37 19%
Nursing and Health Professions 33 17%
Social Sciences 8 4%
Psychology 8 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 5 3%
Other 25 13%
Unknown 83 42%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 November 2022.
All research outputs
#1,668,022
of 25,457,858 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#3,564
of 11,499 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#29,264
of 323,232 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#79
of 227 outputs
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