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Assessment, management and prevention of acute wounds in the Australian context: a scoping review
Wound practice & research, Vol.32(2), pp.79-91
2024
Abstract
Aim: To undertake a scoping review of research on the assessment, management and prevention of acute wounds, from both primary research studies in Australia and from worldwide synthesised evidence, in order to provide a global context of future research needs.
Methods: Databases, trial registries and professional organisation websites were searched from January 2010 to April 2022 inclusive. All Australian research studies, in addition to worldwide reviews and guidelines, were included. Articles were reviewed by two independent researchers and conflicts were resolved by a third researcher.
Results: were synthesised a narrative review. Results The searches yielded 318 Australian studies and 833 international studies, the latter comprising of 680 systematic reviews (SRs), 28 evidence -based guidelines (EBGs), 79 evidence summaries and 46 consensus documents. The Australian research studies consisted mostly of cohort studies, focused on burns (46%) and surgical wounds (44%), with fewer studies on skin tears and other acute wound types. Australian studies were primarily investigating wound management treatments (60%), with only 38% on assessment and 2% on the prevention of wounds.
Conclusions: This review found research on acute wounds focused on surgical wounds and burns, with gaps in research skin tears or traumatic wounds, wound prevention, and research in primary healthcare settings, despite the high prevalence of wounds cared for in these settings.
Details
- Title
- Assessment, management and prevention of acute wounds in the Australian context: a scoping review
- Authors/Creators
- Kathleen Finlayson - Queensland Univ Technol, Ctr Healthcare Transformat, Sch Nursing, Brisbane, Qld, AustraliaUt Bui - Queensland Univ Technol, Ctr Healthcare Transformat, Sch Nursing, Brisbane, Qld, AustraliaFiona Wood - Univ Western Australia, Burns Serv Western Australia, Burn Injury Res Unit, Perth, WA, AustraliaFiona Coyer - Univ Queensland, Sch Nursing Midwifery & Social Work, Brisbane, Qld, AustraliaKylie Sandy-Hodgetts - Murdoch Univ, Ctr Mol Med & Innovat Therapeut, Hlth Futures Inst, Skin Integr Res Grp, Murdoch, WA, Australia
- Publication Details
- Wound practice & research, Vol.32(2), pp.79-91
- Publisher
- Cambridge Media
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- Australian government under the Medical Research Future Fund; Australian Government
- Identifiers
- 991005680461507891
- Copyright
- © 2024 Finlayson et al.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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