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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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CPO Early Pressure Injury Assessment for Different Skin Tones : A Qualitative Study

Monaghan, Molly, Said, Mariam January 2021 (has links)
The aim of this study was to explore the knowledge, practices, and the sources of knowledge that certified prosthetists/orthotists (CPOs) have experienced regarding early pressure injury assessment for different skin tones. This was examined across different contexts of skin tone demographics using qualitative semi-structured interviews with CPOs from different contexts. Seven participants from six different clinics were recruited using purposive sampling. Of the interviewed participants, five were from Scandinavia, one from South Africa, and one from Nigeria. The interviews were conducted to explore the participants’ own experience of this phenomenon using a phenomenological approach and an interpretivist paradigm. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the transcribed interviews inductively. The results consisted of five main categories: Assessment, Standardized Methods, Perceptions of Assessment regarding Skin Tones, Sources of Knowledge regarding Skin Tones, and Relevance of Knowledge Improvement, each with a number of subcategories. There were two main findings. Firstly, CPOs lack systematized knowledge of early pressure injuries irrespective of skin tones. Secondly, many CPOs lack assessment knowledge for darker skin tones as it is only learned from experience and is not taught in education or literature. In conclusion, the field of prosthetics and orthotics must develop to improve systematic early pressure injury knowledge and assessment differences between skin tones.

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