Preventing recurrent pressure ulcers in veterans with spinal cord injury: Impact of a structured education and follow-up intervention

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1429-1441

  Rintala, Diana H ^a,b   Garber, Susan L ^a,b   Friedman, Jeffrey D ^a,b,c   Holmes, Sally Ann ^a,b  

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

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient education; Pressure ulcer; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MODEL; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TOBACCO; VETERAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRESSURE ULCER; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 48649106355     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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