Table 5.
Pressure ulcer knowledge and participant-reported outcome measures.
| Tools and parameters | Baseline, mean (SE) | Second follow-up (week 6), mean (SE) | Test of fixed effects of time | |||||||
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Support surfaces | 33.04 (3.653) | 71.11 (3.906) | 50.415 (1,22.457) | <.001 | |||||
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Nutrition and hydration | 46.88 (4.538) | 58.62 (4.302) | 6.122 (1,21.624) | .02 | |||||
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Keep moving | 37.50 (4.490) | 57.58 (6.857) | 7.365 (1,16.949) | .02 | |||||
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Skin care and inspection | 25.63 (4.856) | 46.90 (7.611) | 7.349 (1,17.299) | .02 | |||||
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Total score | 37.25 (2.926) | 59.72 (3.985) | 29.452 (1,17.850) | <.001 | |||||
| Preparedness for Caregiving Scale (total; score range 0-32) | 27.59 (1.121) | 28.11 (1.110) | 0.286 (1,16.640) | .60 | ||||||
| Caregiving Self-Efficacy Scale (mean item; score range 1-5) | 3.10 (0.144) | 3.38 (0.172) | 2.716 (1,16.617) | .12 | ||||||
| Caregiver Strain Index (total; score range 0-24) | 11.91 (1.136) | 12.85 (1.425) | 0.553 (1,14.602) | .47 | ||||||