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Objective@#To explore the experience of nutritional care provided by the main caregivers of elderly patients with pressure injury in outpatients.@*Methods@#Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted on 15 main caregivers of elderly patients with pressure injury in outpatient by the purposive sampling method. Data was analyzed by Colaizzi content analysis.@*Results@#Seven themes were identified, including multiple troubles in nutritional care, lack of awareness of the relationship between nutrition and pressure injury, poor knowledge of nutritional care, unreliable ways to obtain the knowledge, poor attitude towards nutritional care, poor nutritional care behaviors, and differences in nutritional care needs.@*Conclusion@#Health care providers should value the evaluation of patients' eating ability and behavior, provide more learning approaches, change their attitude, improve the nutritional care behavior, and, if necessary, cooperate with nutritionists to provide targeted nutrition education, and establish effective family and social support systems.
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Objective To explore the experience of nutritional care provided by the main caregivers of elderly patients with pressure injury in outpatients. Methods Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted on 15 main caregivers of elderly patients with pressure injury in outpatient by the purposive sampling method. Data was analyzed by Colaizzi content analysis. Results Seven themes were identified, including multiple troubles in nutritional care, lack of awareness of the relationship between nutrition and pressure injury, poor knowledge of nutritional care, unreliable ways to obtain the knowledge, poor attitude towards nutritional care, poor nutritional care behaviors, and differences in nutritional care needs. Conclusion Health care providers should value the evaluation of patients'eating ability and behavior, provide more learning approaches, change their attitude, improve the nutritional care behavior, and, if necessary, cooperate with nutritionists to provide targeted nutrition education, and establish effective family and social support systems.
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Objective To investigate the caring behaviors among family main caregivers of the elderly patients with pressure injury and to analyze its influencing factors. Methods A total of 124 family main caregivers of the elderly patients with pressure injury were recruited by convenience sampling method. They were investigated with caregivers general information questionnaire, patients general information questionnaire and the self-designed pressure injury caring behaviors questionnaire. Results The total score of the pressure injury caring behaviors questionnaire was (66.22 ± 13.16). For each dimension of pressure injury caring behaviors questionnaire, the application of pressure-relief devices exhibited the lowest score(2.27), followed by wound care(2.33), position care(2.53), nutritional support (2.95) and skin care(3.03). Multiple regression analysis showed that caregiver′s economic level and whether have been attend training, the duration of the patients lie in bed and whether using air cushion bed accounted for 45.9 percent of the variance in caring behaviors. Conclusions There are many shortcomings and errors in caring behaviors among family main caregivers of the elderly patients with pressure injury.It is necessary to strengthen the health education of family main caregivers of patients with pressure injury to improve the level of caring behaviors and to reduce pressure injury′s recurrence rate of patients.
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The design principle and application of an adjustable spine prone frame are introduced. Adjustable spine prone frame is used in posterior lumbar surgery, during operation, X-ray can shoot fast and internal fixation implants can fix accurately, the vacant abdominal ensure normal respiratory and circulatory function, and the lumbar curvature can adjust conveniently. It meets the surgical position and care requirements, can prevent the complications effectively.