The incidence of pressure ulcers and its associations in different wards of the hospital: a systematic review and meta-analysis

LA Borojeny, AN Albatineh, AH Dehkordi… - … journal of preventive …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Pressure ulcer is a health problem worldwide that is common among inpatients and elderly
people with physical-motor limitations. To deliver nursing care and prevent the development …

Risk factors for pressure injuries in adult patients: a narrative synthesis

ML Chung, M Widdel, J Kirchhoff, J Sellin… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pressure injuries remain a serious health complication for patients and nursing staff.
Evidence from the past decade has not been analysed through narrative synthesis yet …

Pressure injuries in critical patients: Incidence, patient‐associated factors, and nursing workload

KC Strazzieri‐Pulido, CV S. González… - Journal of nursing …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To estimate the incidence of pressure injury and its predictors including nursing
workload in critical patients. Background There is controversy about the influence of the …

Intensive care nurses' knowledge, attitude, and practice of pressure injury prevention in China: A cross-sectional study

L Hu, W Sae-Sia, L Kitrungrote - Risk Management and Healthcare …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Pressure injury (PI) remains a critical health issue worldwide. The global
incidence of hospital-acquired PI is 8.4%, and among intensive-care unit (ICU) patients, it is …

Incidence of pressure ulcers in intensive care units and direct costs of treatment: Evidence from Iran

E Zarei, E Madarshahian, A Nikkhah… - Journal of tissue …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background and objective Pressure ulcer (PU) is one of the important and frequent
complications of hospitalization, associated with high treatment costs. The present study was …

Risk factors for pressure ulcers in adult patients: A meta‐analysis on sociodemographic factors and the Braden scale

ML Chung, M Widdel, J Kirchhoff, J Sellin… - Journal of clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives Providing the first meta‐analysis of risk factors for pressure ulcer
development in adult patients. Background Pressure ulcers remain a serious health …

Comparison of four pressure ulcer risk assessment tools in critically ill patients

A Theeranut, S Ninbanphot… - Nursing in critical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Critically ill patients are at a higher risk of developing pressure ulcers (PUs)
than non‐critically ill patients. Tools that aid in the early identification of those who are most …

International consensus on pressure injury preventative interventions by risk level for critically ill patients: A modified Delphi study

J Lovegrove, P Fulbrook, S Miles - International wound journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this modified Delphi study was to determine a minimum pressure injury
preventative intervention set for implementation relative to critically ill patients' risk level …

Pressure injury risk assessment in intensive care units: comparison of the reliability and predictive validity of the Braden and Jackson/Cubbin scales

S Adibelli, F Korkmaz - Journal of clinical nursing, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives To compare the reliability and predictive validity of the Braden and
Jackson/Cubbin PI risk assessment scales in intensive care unit patients. Background Risk …

Predictors of pressure injuries in a critical care unit in Lebanon: prevalence, characteristics, and associated factors

J El-Marsi, S Zein-El-Dine, B Zein… - Journal of Wound …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with pressure injury
in a medical-surgical intensive care unit (MSICU). DESIGN: Retrospective review of medical …