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ABSTRACT: Context/objective
Medically serious pressure injuries (MSPrIs), a common complication of spinal cord injury (SCI), have devastating consequences on health and well-being and are extremely expensive to treat. We aimed to test the efficacy of a lifestyle-based intervention designed to reduce incidence of MSPrIs in adults with SCI.Design
A randomized controlled trial (RCT), and a separate study wing involving a nonrandomized standard care control group.Setting
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, a large facility serving ethnically diverse, low income residents of Los Angeles County.Participants
Adults with SCI, with history of one or more MSPrIs over the past 5 years: N=166 for RCT component, N=66 in nonrandomized control group.Interventions
The Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program, a 12-month lifestyle-based treatment administered by healthcare professionals, largely via in-home visits and phone contacts.Outcome measures
Blinded assessments of annualized MSPrI incidence rates at 12 and 24 months, based on: skin checks, quarterly phone interviews with participants, and review of medical charts and billing records. Secondary outcomes included number of surgeries and various quality-of-life measures.Results
Annualized MSPrI rates did not differ significantly between study groups. At 12 months, rates were .56 for intervention recipients, .48 for randomized controls, and .65 for nonrandomized controls. At follow-up, rates were .44 and .39 respectively for randomized intervention and control participants.Conclusions
Evidence for intervention efficacy was inconclusive. The intractable nature of MSPrI threat in high-risk SCI populations, and lack of statistical power, may have contributed to this inability to detect an effect.Trial registration
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01999816.
SUBMITTER: Carlson M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6340272 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Carlson Mike M Vigen Cheryl L P CLP Rubayi Salah S Blanche Erna Imperatore EI Blanchard Jeanine J Atkins Michal M Bates-Jensen Barbara B Garber Susan L SL Pyatak Elizabeth A EA Diaz Jesus J Florindez Lucia I LI Hay Joel W JW Mallinson Trudy T Unger Jennifer B JB Azen Stanley Paul SP Scott Michael M Cogan Alison A Clark Florence F
The journal of spinal cord medicine 20170417 1
<h4>Context/objective</h4>Medically serious pressure injuries (MSPrIs), a common complication of spinal cord injury (SCI), have devastating consequences on health and well-being and are extremely expensive to treat. We aimed to test the efficacy of a lifestyle-based intervention designed to reduce incidence of MSPrIs in adults with SCI.<h4>Design</h4>A randomized controlled trial (RCT), and a separate study wing involving a nonrandomized standard care control group.<h4>Setting</h4>Rancho Los Ami ...[more]