Digital Photography: a Tool for Nursing on the Assessment of Pressure Lesions

Objective. This work sought to assess the inter-observer agreement among expert nurses by using digital photographs and between these experts and the nursing registries in the electronic clinical record in the identification and degree of PL. Methods. This was an observational study, including 225...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Olga L. Cortés, Paula A. Alvarado, Yudy A. Rojas, Luz Dary Salazar, Ximena Acuña, Maribel Esparza
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Universidad de Antioquia 2018
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/3f3cd2422fcf43b08d46279b2501bd3c
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:3f3cd2422fcf43b08d46279b2501bd3c
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:3f3cd2422fcf43b08d46279b2501bd3c2021-11-27T14:59:09ZDigital Photography: a Tool for Nursing on the Assessment of Pressure Lesions2216-028010.17533/udea.iee.v36n2e07https://doaj.org/article/3f3cd2422fcf43b08d46279b2501bd3c2018-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/iee/article/view/333656https://doaj.org/toc/2216-0280Objective. This work sought to assess the inter-observer agreement among expert nurses by using digital photographs and between these experts and the nursing registries in the electronic clinical record in the identification and degree of PL. Methods. This was an observational study, including 225 photographic records (184 patients, 97 with pressure lesion and 128 registries without lesion) randomly selected from the total of photographs registered in the PENFUP clinical trial (without lesion). Three expert evaluators assessed said photographs in masked manner. The notes from nursing of patients included related with the description of PL were evaluated. The Kappa index was calculated along with the composite agreement ratio for each evaluation. Results. Good agreement was observed among expert evaluators of photographic records on the presence of PL and between good-moderate for the degree of PL (I-II). Likewise, upon evaluating the agreement between the nursing registries of PL and the photographic assessment of the three expert evaluators of the same areas, good agreement was observed to determine the presence of PL and moderate agreement for the degrees of PL. Conclusion. Photographic records are a tool that permits recognizing the types of wounds, as well as the visualization of the different layers of skin injured. The study highlights the importance of assessment and validation by experts, given that it permits identifying existing problems that can lead to the underestimation or overestimation of PL when conducted by a single caregiver.   How to cite this article: Cortés OL, Alvarado PA, Rojas YA, Salazar LD, Acuña X. Digital Photography: a Tool for Nursing on the Assessment of Pressure Lesions. Invest. Educ. Enferm. 2018; 36(2):e07.Olga L. CortésPaula A. AlvaradoYudy A. RojasLuz Dary SalazarXimena AcuñaMaribel EsparzaUniversidad de Antioquiaarticlepressure ulcernursing assessmentreproducibility of resultsnursing recordsobserver variationelectronic health recordsphotography.NursingRT1-120ENInvestigación y Educación en Enfermería, Vol 36, Iss 2 (2018)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic pressure ulcer
nursing assessment
reproducibility of results
nursing records
observer variation
electronic health records
photography.
Nursing
RT1-120
spellingShingle pressure ulcer
nursing assessment
reproducibility of results
nursing records
observer variation
electronic health records
photography.
Nursing
RT1-120
Olga L. Cortés
Paula A. Alvarado
Yudy A. Rojas
Luz Dary Salazar
Ximena Acuña
Maribel Esparza
Digital Photography: a Tool for Nursing on the Assessment of Pressure Lesions
description Objective. This work sought to assess the inter-observer agreement among expert nurses by using digital photographs and between these experts and the nursing registries in the electronic clinical record in the identification and degree of PL. Methods. This was an observational study, including 225 photographic records (184 patients, 97 with pressure lesion and 128 registries without lesion) randomly selected from the total of photographs registered in the PENFUP clinical trial (without lesion). Three expert evaluators assessed said photographs in masked manner. The notes from nursing of patients included related with the description of PL were evaluated. The Kappa index was calculated along with the composite agreement ratio for each evaluation. Results. Good agreement was observed among expert evaluators of photographic records on the presence of PL and between good-moderate for the degree of PL (I-II). Likewise, upon evaluating the agreement between the nursing registries of PL and the photographic assessment of the three expert evaluators of the same areas, good agreement was observed to determine the presence of PL and moderate agreement for the degrees of PL. Conclusion. Photographic records are a tool that permits recognizing the types of wounds, as well as the visualization of the different layers of skin injured. The study highlights the importance of assessment and validation by experts, given that it permits identifying existing problems that can lead to the underestimation or overestimation of PL when conducted by a single caregiver.   How to cite this article: Cortés OL, Alvarado PA, Rojas YA, Salazar LD, Acuña X. Digital Photography: a Tool for Nursing on the Assessment of Pressure Lesions. Invest. Educ. Enferm. 2018; 36(2):e07.
format article
author Olga L. Cortés
Paula A. Alvarado
Yudy A. Rojas
Luz Dary Salazar
Ximena Acuña
Maribel Esparza
author_facet Olga L. Cortés
Paula A. Alvarado
Yudy A. Rojas
Luz Dary Salazar
Ximena Acuña
Maribel Esparza
author_sort Olga L. Cortés
title Digital Photography: a Tool for Nursing on the Assessment of Pressure Lesions
title_short Digital Photography: a Tool for Nursing on the Assessment of Pressure Lesions
title_full Digital Photography: a Tool for Nursing on the Assessment of Pressure Lesions
title_fullStr Digital Photography: a Tool for Nursing on the Assessment of Pressure Lesions
title_full_unstemmed Digital Photography: a Tool for Nursing on the Assessment of Pressure Lesions
title_sort digital photography: a tool for nursing on the assessment of pressure lesions
publisher Universidad de Antioquia
publishDate 2018
url https://doaj.org/article/3f3cd2422fcf43b08d46279b2501bd3c
work_keys_str_mv AT olgalcortes digitalphotographyatoolfornursingontheassessmentofpressurelesions
AT paulaaalvarado digitalphotographyatoolfornursingontheassessmentofpressurelesions
AT yudyarojas digitalphotographyatoolfornursingontheassessmentofpressurelesions
AT luzdarysalazar digitalphotographyatoolfornursingontheassessmentofpressurelesions
AT ximenaacuna digitalphotographyatoolfornursingontheassessmentofpressurelesions
AT maribelesparza digitalphotographyatoolfornursingontheassessmentofpressurelesions
_version_ 1718408493723025408