Pressure mapping systems: reliability of pressure map interpretation
| Autor: | Alison Porter-Armstrong, May Stinson, Pamela Eakin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Occupational therapy
Adult 030506 rehabilitation medicine.medical_specialty Computer science Interface (computing) Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Interpretation (model theory) law.invention 03 medical and health sciences Occupational Therapy law medicine Range (statistics) Pressure Humans Reliability (statistics) Pressure Ulcer 05 social sciences Rehabilitation 050301 education Grid Surgery Reliability engineering Pressure measurement Ranking 0305 other medical science 0503 education Interior Design and Furnishings |
| Zdroj: | Clinical rehabilitation. 17(5) |
| ISSN: | 0269-2155 |
| Popis: | Background: Pressure mapping systems offer a new technology to assist with pressure care assessment. Data output from such systems can be presented in three forms: numerical data, a three-dimensional grid and a colour-coded pressure map. Objectives: To (1) investigate whether sole use of the pressure map was a reliable method of interpreting interface pressures when compared with use of the numerical data; (2) establish the inter and intra-rater reliability of using pressure maps to assess pressure and determine whether reliability depended upon system operator experience; and (3) examine whether reliability extended to the range of seating surfaces being tested. Design: A reliability study assessing the ranking of pressure maps recorded by the Force Sensing Array pressure mapping system. Setting: A university occupational therapy department and a community NHS trust. Subjects: Fifteen occupational therapists with experience in pressure mapping and 50 occupational therapy students with no practical experience of pressure mapping. Interventions: Two sets of pressure maps were pre-recorded with an able-bodied adult seated on a variety of surfaces, with maps on each individual surface recorded over a 20-minute period at 2-minute intervals. Subjects ranked both sets of maps in terms of ‘best to poorest’ distribution of pressure. Main outcome measures: Rank orders of (1) pressure maps; (2) average interface pressures (mmHg); (3) maximum interface pressures (mmHg). Results: The use of pressure maps to interpret interface pressures was a reliable method. Significant agreement existed within ( p < 0.001) and between groups of operators and reliability extended over the range of seating surfaces tested. Conclusions: The practice of using pressure maps to interpret interface pressures in seating as opposed to using the associated numerical data can be supported. This was shown to be a reliable method of assessment by both experienced and less experienced operators across a range of seating surfaces. |
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