Edema
Conditions
Keywords
Hand Edema, Figure of eight method, Measuring edema in burn patients
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the reliability and concurrent validity of the figure-of-eight method of measuring hand edema in the burn patient population. Establishing the reliability and validity would enable a more time efficient assessment than the currently accepted methods.
Detailed description
A prospective study involving 33 burn patients admitted to the US Army Burn Center. Two raters will perform three separate blinded measurements for hand edema using the figure-of-eight measurement technique. A third rater will then perform two blinded measurements using water volumetry. All measurements will be read and recorded by an independent recorder. The three measurements of rater 1 and 2 will be analyzed to determine intratester reliability. The average of the three figure-of-eight measurements will be compared to measure intertester reliability. The two volumetry measurements will be compared to determine intratester reliability. The average of the 2 volumetry measurements and the average fo the three figure-of-eight measurements will be used to determine concurrent validity.
Interventions
PROCEDUREfigure-of-eight hand measurements
PROCEDUREwater volumetry hand measurements
Sponsors
United States Army Institute of Surgical Research
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 89 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Male or female 18-89 years old * Admitted to the United States (U.S.) Army Burn Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or ward with burn injury and the presence of bilateral or unilateral hand edema
Exclusion criteria
* Subject unable to be placed in test position for volumetry testing or the presence of a medical condition, as defined by a physician, that precludes the safe use of volumetry. * Subject is unable to tolerate his/her hand(s) being immersed in room temperature water for volumetry testing. * Subject does not have any of the bony landmarks (due to amputation, previous surgery) required to perform the figure-of-eight measurement
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The figure-of-eight method for measuring hand edema in burn patients is just as reliable and valid as water volumetry measurement. | 24 hours |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed