Caregiver training may stop bedsores in homebound patients
NCT ID NCT07313046
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether teaching caregivers how to prevent pressure ulcers (bedsores) can lower the risk for patients receiving home care. The training covered skin care, repositioning, and pressure relief methods. Researchers measured patients' risk levels before and after the training to see if it helped.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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57 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2024
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Inclusion Criteria The study includes: * Patients registered with the Home Care Health Unit, * Volunteers willing to participate in the study, * Caregivers of patients classified as high or medium risk according to the Braden Risk Assessment Scale, * • Caring for a patient who is not cared for by different individuals, * Aged 18 years or older, * Able to speak Turkish, * Without speech or hearing problems, * Cognitive competence sufficient to understand and answer questions. Exclusion Criteria: * • Not registered with the Home Care Health Unit, * Whose patient is classified as low risk according to the Braden Risk Assessment Scale, * • Those with more than one caregiver, * Those who did not agree to participate in the study, * Those under the age of 18, * Those who did not speak Turkish, * Those with speech and hearing problems, * Caregivers who did not have the cognitive ability to understand and answer the questions were not included in the study.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Bartın University
Bartın, Merkez, 74100, Turkey (Türkiye)
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