Lessons Learned While Conducting Research on Prevention of Pressure Ulcers in Veterans With Spinal Cord Injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 858-861

  Guihan, Marylou ^a,b   Garber, Susan L ^a,c,d   Bombardier, Charles H ^e,f   Durazo Arizu, Ramon ^g   Goldstein, Barry ^a,e,f,h   Holmes, Sally Ann ^c,d  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pressure ulcers; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; EXPECTATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PELVIS; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SITTING; SKIN DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN; WOUND HEALING;

COUNSELING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SKIN CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 34250755565     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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