RESUMO
As many as 5% of male hospital patients develop pressure ulcers. This brief study was done to obtain more research about this topic by evaluating the effectiveness of an intervention designed to prevent pressure ulcers in the urinary meatus as a result of urethral catheterization. Implications for critical care nurses are included.
Assuntos
Úlcera por Pressão/enfermagem , Úlcera por Pressão/prevenção & controle , Higiene da Pele/enfermagem , Cateterismo Urinário/efeitos adversos , Humanos , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fatores de Risco , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
The goal of the study was to compare the reliability and validity of 3 Sedation Agitation Scale. Two nurses and a physician conducted 130 observations simultaneously. They found an excellent interrater reliability in the Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (r>0.86), and high correlations between the Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale and the Sedation Agitation Scale and Visual Analog Scale scales (r=0.92, r=0.85). The research findings will help to assert Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale as a daily assessment tool in the intensive care unit, and it will pave the way for construction a sedation protocol according to the Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale level.