Good nursing care is a key factor in reducing the most common complications related to immobility like pressure ulcers (PU), deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. ...

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A Pre-Experimental Study to Evaluate the Effect of
ICU Prophylaxis Program in Improving the Knowledge,
Practices Related to Pressure Ulcers and Deep Vein
Thrombosis in Spinal Cord Injury Patients and its
Acceptability by the Nurses in a Tertiary Care Facility
 Toseef M RN, Joshi P RN* and Sinha S
 *Corresponding author: Poonam Joshi, Doctor, Lecturer, College of
Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Tel:
+91-11-2659 4457; Fax: +91-11- 2658 8663; 2658 8641;
 Dates: Received: 08 March, 2017; Accepted: 22 March, 2017;
Published: 23 March, 2017;
 Citation: Toseef M RN, Joshi P RN. Sinha S (2017) A Pre-Experimental
Study to Evaluate the Effect of ICU Prophylaxis Program in Improving
the Knowledge, Practices Related to Pressure Ulcers and Deep Vein
Thrombosis in Spinal Cord Injury Patients and its Acceptability by the
Nurses in a Tertiary Care Facility. Arch Nurs Pract Care 3(1): 026-030.

3. Abstract
 Good nursing care is a key factor in reducing the most
common complications related to immobility like pressure
ulcers (PU), deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in spinal cord injury
(SCI) patients.
 Materials and methods: The study was conducted using a pre-
experimental, time series design on 52 nurses and 73 patients
with SCI (30 before and 43 after the intervention) enrolled by
universal sampling technique in a trauma ICU of a tertiary
care facility to evaluate the effectiveness of ICU Prophylaxis
Programme (IPP) in terms of knowledge, practices related to
PU and DVT in SCI patients and its acceptability by the
nurses. Pretested and validated tools were used to collect the
data. Occurrence of the PU and DVT were assessed among the
admitted SCI patients during the study period as secondary
outcome.

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