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    Skin tear prevention: what Is “usual” skin moisturising practice?

    204895_Newall 2014-.pdf (840.1Kb)
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    Authors
    Newall, Tracy (Nelly)
    Date
    2014
    Supervisor
    Prof. Gill Lewin
    Prof. Duncan Boldy
    Type
    Thesis
    Award
    MPhil
    
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    School
    School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2248
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    Abstract

    This study was an adjunct to a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to test whether skin moisturising reduced the incidence of skin tear development.Staff surveys and interviews identified that there was ad hoc moisturising practice pre-intervention while post-intervention “usual”’ practice matched the intervention protocol at just the intervention sites. This finding therefore allowed the RCT to conclude that the lower skin tear incidence found in the intervention sites could be attributed to the moisturising protocol.

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