project
The dynamics of inflammation in deep tissue due to pressure and shearing forces associated with localised oedema at the skin
project duration: 01/02/2018 - 30/09/2018
Summary
The aim of this study is to review the international literature to find evidence about the existence and the dynamics of the inflammation process in deep tissue due to pressure and shearing leading to localised oedema at skin level. An integrative review methodology will be applied. Data sources and searches will be comprehensive but with a specific focus; experimental and non-experimental research will be considered for inclusion.
promotor
Prof. dr. Dimitri Beeckman
Prof. dr. Dimitri Beeckman holds a BSc. in Nursing, an MSc. in Nursing and Midwifery, an MSc. in Education, and a PhD from Ghent University in Belgium. His doctoral thesis focused on pressure ulcer prevention and management of Incontinence- Associated Dermatitis (IAD). In 2010, he became a lecturer at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s College London in the UK. Currently, he works as a Professor of Skin Integrity and Clinical Nursing at the University Centre of Nursing and Midwifery at Ghent University in Belgium. He is a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Surrey (Guilford, UK) and at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Dublin, Ireland). Prof. Beeckman is Executive Board Member of the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP) and serves as Chair of the Scientific Committee since 2013. He also co- chairs the EPUAP Education Workstream. In 2016, he was a member of the International Scientific Committee of the World Union of Wound Healing Societies Conference. In March 2017, he chaired the 1st European Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management Masterclass in Ghent. He is specialized in skin integrity research, clinical trials, healthcare education, implementation science and instrument development and validation. In 2013-2014, he authored the Belgian guidelines for pressure ulcer prevention and treatment (supported by the Belgian Healthcare Knowledge Centre, KCE). In 2015, he authored the International Best Practice Document about prevention and management of Incontinence- Associated Dermatitis, published by Wounds International. He acts as policy advisor of the Belgian Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety, and Environment. He authored and co- authored over 80 scientific publications in international peer- reviewed journals. He presented his research in > 50 countries all over the world. He is Consulting Editor of the Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing, the Journal of Tissue Viability, as well as Associate Editor of BMC Geriatrics. Prof. Beeckman holds different Fellowships such as Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and the European Academy of Nursing Science.
staff members
Nele Van Damme
Nele Van Damme (MSc, RN) is a PhD student at the University Centre of Nursing and Midwifery. She holds a BSc. in Biotechnology, a BSc. in Nursing (with a supplementary education in Intensive Care and Emergencies), and a MSc. in Nursing and Midwifery. Her PhD focuses on the prevention of incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD), and more specifically on a Cochrane systematic review, the identification of IAD risk factors in nursing home residents and critically ill patients, the development and validation of instruments measuring nurses’ knowledge and attitudes towards IAD prevention, and the identification of histopathological differences between IAD and pressure ulcers.
Karen Van den Bussche
Karen Van den Bussche is a PhD student at the University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery at Ghent University in Belgium. Karen holds a BSc. in Nursing (2010), a MSc. in Nursing and Midwifery (2012), and completed the Specific Teacher Training Program in Health Sciences in 2013. Her doctoral research focuses on the development and validation of a Core Outcome Set for clinical incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) research, and tools for IAD classification and observation. Previously, Karen worked for two years as a project researcher at the Nutrition and Food Safety unit within the Department of Public Health (Ghent University).
Dr. Eline Remue
Dr. Eline Remue is a post-doctoral scientific collaborator at the University Centre of Nursing and Midwifery. She obtained her PhD in biomedical science in 2011 at Ghent University. Eline previously worked as a policy officer at the Scientific Institute of Public Health (2011-2014) to follow up and evaluate the National Cancer Control Programme of Belgium. She coordinated the activities of the working group on 'Quality in Oncology'. From 2015, Eline worked at the Belgian Cancer Registry as the project manager of the European research project 'HIGHCARE' that focused on the disparities in survival of breast and colon cancer.