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Clinical Research
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Relationship between moisture level in stage II pressure ulcers and wound healing First Author: Hitomi Akizuki Authors: J Sugama, H. Sanada, C. Konya, T. Nakatani, A. Ueda, K. Tsuda, A. Inoue, K. Tabata In Stage II pressure ulcers, the relationship between wound healing and the moisture level (ML) in both the wound bed and the wound periphery is unknown. To clarify this relationship, we measured the ML in the wound bed and the wound periphery of pressure ulcers once a week using a Corneometer CM 825. The wound areas were also measured. The weekly changes in ML and wound area were classified as having increased, decreased or remained constant. This study was approved by the Kanazawa University Medical Area Standing Committee. The subjects were 17 patients aged 85.9 ± 1.8 yr in a long-term care hospital. For the 17 ulcers, we analyzed the relationship between the weekly change in the ML in both the wound bed and wound periphery, and the weekly change in the wound area. The ML in the wound bed was significantly association with the wound area(?2 =11.637, P=0.003), while there was no significant difference between the ML in the wound periphery and wound area (?2 =3.964, P=0.138). All of the unhealed ulcers demonstrated a constant or increased ML in the wound bed. These results suggested that the ML in the wound bed may predict the healing of Stage ? pressure ulcers. |
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