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Details of HTA journal title

Research type:

 Primary Research (e.g. trial) 

Title (lead author) etc:

 Pressure relieving support surfaces: a randomised evaluation  (Nixon) 180 pages, Volume 10, number 22

DOI

 10.3310/hta10220
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Headline:

 Trial found no difference between alternating pressure mattress replacements and overlays in terms of the proportion of patients developing new pressure ulcers; however, alternating pressure mattress replacements are more likely to be cost-saving. 

Project ref:

 97/06/14 

Original project title:

 Randomised controlled trial comparing alternating pressure overlays with alternating pressure mattresses for pressure sore prevention and treatment 

Chief Investigator:

 Professor Nicky Cullum, Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester

Start Date:

 May 2000  

Date of publication in HTA journal series

 June 2006

Cost:

 £1,012,641 

MeSH* index primary terms:

 BEDS; DECUBITUS-ULCER Q-prevention-&-control (* = Medical Subject Headings)

MeSH* index secondary terms:

 FOLLOW-UP-STUDIES; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL  (* = Medical Subject Headings)

ISRCTN* number:

ISRCTN 78646179 (*International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) 
URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website:
http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN78646179 

NRR* number, if applicable:

 N0484070431 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive.

Project Protocol:

 Project protocol not available

Printed copies of this title despatched:

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