S. Hema Malini, N. Anantha Lakshmi, R. Monisha, and Rohini Sharma
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Patients face a risk of pressure injuries when mobility is restricted and they experience reduced circulation or delicate skin. Factors such as alterations in cognitive function, bowel and bladder functionality, and inadequate intake of nutrients and fluids can contribute to the formation of pressure injuries. In 2016, there were 836.9 hospitalizations related to pressure injuries per 100,000 adults aged 65 years and older worldwide. The objectives of this study are to evaluate the effectiveness of prophylactic sacral dressing on the reduction of hospital-acquired pressure injury  among patients in the intensive care unit. The study employed a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design, specifically utilizing a one-group pretest and posttest design. During admission, a Braden scale assessment was done by the nurses to identify patients who filled the inclusion criteria and selected 30 samples using the nonprobability purposive sampling technique. Patients whose Braden score is 18 or less will be considered as samples for the study and will apply the Allevyn prophylactic dressing. Data was collected and analyzed. It reveals that the mean value of the pretest was 14.07, whereas the mean value of the posttest was 20.80. The overall mean difference was 6.73. This difference is large and reveals that prophylactic dressing reduces the hospital-acquired pressure injury . Therefore, the data indicates the efficacy of Prophylactic dressing in reducing hospital-acquired pressure injury . This study demonstrates high significance at the p ≤ 0.001 level
Keywords: Hospital-acquired pressure injury, prophylactic dressing, intensive care units, HAPI, Allevyn
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