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HTA - 11/36/33
Pressure RElieving Support SUrfaces: a Randomised Evaluation 2 (PRESSURE 2)
Project title: Pressure RElieving Support SUrfaces: a Randomised Evaluation 2 (PRESSURE 2)
Call to action: 11/36 HTA Clinical Trials - November 2011 Board submission (May 2011 deadline)
Research type: Primary Research
Chief investigator: Professor Jane Nixon
Lead Author: Professor Jane Nixon
Contractor: University of Leeds
Cost: £1,841,238.83
Co-investigators: Dr Elizabeth McGinnis, Dr Janine Gray, Dr Susanne Coleman
, Dr Suzanne Hartley
, Mrs Lyn Wilson
, Mrs Nikki Stubbs
, Mrs Valerie Henderson
, Ms Claudia Gorecki, Ms Delia Muir
, Ms Helen Fearnley, Ms Joanna Swan, Ms Sarah Brown
, Professor (Elizabeth) Andrea Nelson
, Professor Christopher McCabe
, Professor Julia Brown
.
Started: March 2013 | Status: Published September 2019
ISRCTN: 01151335
In this trial of > 2000 patients, the rate of development of new pressure ulcers did not differ according to mattress type.
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