Randomised Controlled Trial (rct)

Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT)

• A trial in which subjects are randomly assigned to either a group receiving an intervention that is being tested or control group receiving an alternative or no intervention. The results compare the outcomes of the different groups.

Systematic Reviews

• A review of research-based evidence on a topic in which the evidence has been systematically identified, appraised and summarised according to pre-determined criteria .

Plymouth Health Community NICE Guidance Implementation Group

• Use of debriding agents & specialist wound care clinics for difficult to heal surgical wounds. Technology Appraisal Guidance (TGA 24).

• Issue date: April 2001

• Review date: March 2004

Background

• Delays to healing caused by several intrinsic & extrinsic factors - including debris within wound

• No reliable figures for wounds that become difficult to heal - 21,000 per year

• Trend towards community care

• High levels of knowledge, skill & advice

• Expert services for most intractable

Plymouth Health Community NICE Guidance Implementation Group

• Pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention. Inherited Clinical Guideline B

• Issue date: April 2001

• Review date: 2005