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Meta-Analysis
. 2022 Oct;19(6):1463-1470.
doi: 10.1111/iwj.13743. Epub 2021 Dec 27.

Prophylactic sacral protective dressings' effect on preventing pressure injury: A meta-analysis

Xinyan Gong  1 , Ruimin Xu  2
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Meta-Analysis

Prophylactic sacral protective dressings' effect on preventing pressure injury: A meta-analysis

Xinyan Gong et al. Int Wound J. 2022 Oct.

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Abstract

We performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of prophylactic sacral protective dressings on preventing pressure injury. A systematic literature search up to July 2021 was performed, and 11 studies included 5150 community or hospital-based adult subjects requiring care at the start of the study; 2832 of them were using sacral protective dressings and 2318 were given standard care with no sacral protective dressings. They were reporting relationships between the effects of prophylactic sacral protective dressings on preventing pressure injury. We calculated the odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to assess the effects of prophylactic sacral protective dressings on preventing pressure injury using the dichotomous method with a random or fixed-effect model. Sacral protective dressings had a significantly lower incidence of pressure injuries (OR, 0.39; 95% CI, 0.28-0.53, P < .001) compared with standard care with no sacral protective dressings in community- or hospital-based adult subjects requiring care. Sacral protective dressings had a significantly lower incidence of pressure injuries compared with standard care with no sacral protective dressings in community- or hospital-based adult subjects requiring care. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings.

Keywords: pressure injury; prevention; protective dressing; sacral.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Schematic diagram of the study procedure
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Forest plot of the effect of prophylactic sacral protective dressings on preventing pressure injury
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