Jinpitcha Mamom

DOI: 10.14456/sjst-psu.2017.37

pp. 341 - 346

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research design study aimed to determine the effects of a community-based discharge-planning
model for continuing pressure ulcer care on the nutritional status, wound-healing, and infection rates in one hundred elderly
patients at a tertiary hospital in Thailand. The patients were simple randomized into two groups; namely, the control group
receiving regular care and the experimental group using the model for continuing pressure ulcer care. Data from a personal
information record, a wound-healing rate evaluation form, and a record of ulcer cultures and blood albumin levels were
analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test and chi-square test. The results showed that the wound-healing rate and blood
albumin of the experimental group were significantly higher compared to the control group (p < 0.01). Also, the ulcer infection
rates were significantly different between the two groups (p<0.05). The evidence suggests that the community-based
discharge-planning model for continuing pressure ulcer care is effective and efficient in improving nutritional status, healing
ulcers, and reducing ulcer infections.