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NCT Number: NCT01545089

Use of a Fabric Mattress Cover for Patient Comfort

The main objective of this research project is to measure the impact on patient satisfaction of the use of a fabric mattress cover fabric on a bedsheet protecting a plastic mattress.

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Key information

Conditions

Patient Comfort

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

CHU de Nîmes - Hôpital Universitaire Carémeau

Nîmes, Gard, 30029, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • The patient must have given his/her informed and signed consent
  • The patient must be insured or beneficiary of a health insurance plan
  • The patient has a planned hospitalization > 4 days
  • The patient is "movable" within 48 hours

Exclusion criteria

  • The patient is participating in another study
  • The patient is in an exclusion period determined by a previous study
  • The patient is under judicial protection, under tutorship or curatorship
  • The patient refuses to sign the consent
  • It is impossible to correctly inform the patient
  • The patient is pregnant
  • The patient is breastfeeding

Treatment and study plan

Mattress protector for days 1 and 2

Other

A mattress protector is placed in the bed for the first two days and then removed for days 3 and 4.

Mattress protector for days 3 and 4

Other

A mattress protector is not placed in the bed for the first two days and then added to the bed for days 3 and 4.

Primary outcomes

  1. Visual analog scale for patient comfort

    Time frame: 2 days

    score ranging from 0 to 10

  2. Visual analog scale for patient comfort

    Time frame: 4 days

    score ranging from 0 to 10

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Mar 6, 2012
Registry last updated
Mar 26, 2015

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