2015
DOI: 10.1097/won.0000000000000142
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Health-Related Quality of Life in Elderly Patients With Pressure Ulcers in Different Care Settings

Abstract: Elderly patients with pressure ulcers who were hospitalized and living at home or in LTCFs reported low scores on physical functioning and role physical, and LTCF residents also reported low scores on social functioning and role emotional. This shows the need for an environment that includes health care professionals prepared to implement strategies for pressure ulcer prevention.

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“…The possible reason is that patients in the ICU are usually sedated and have a poor nutritional status, with various comorbid conditions, including diabetes mellitus, infections, and cardiovascular/vascular diseases, and are almost invariably confined to their beds for prolonged periods, which increases the risk of developing PUs . PUs are difficult to treat and may lead to impaired skin integrity, resulting in increased morbidity, prolonged hospital stay, increased medical expenses, and decreased quality of life . It is important to use a valid and reliable assessment tool to categorize PU risk groups, in order to identify high‐risk patients and implement appropriate intervention programs for prevention of PUs …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The possible reason is that patients in the ICU are usually sedated and have a poor nutritional status, with various comorbid conditions, including diabetes mellitus, infections, and cardiovascular/vascular diseases, and are almost invariably confined to their beds for prolonged periods, which increases the risk of developing PUs . PUs are difficult to treat and may lead to impaired skin integrity, resulting in increased morbidity, prolonged hospital stay, increased medical expenses, and decreased quality of life . It is important to use a valid and reliable assessment tool to categorize PU risk groups, in order to identify high‐risk patients and implement appropriate intervention programs for prevention of PUs …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Both volunteers recorded approximately the same mean IP for the whole body on the x-ray The clinical implications of the differences in IP distribution in volunteers A and B is that, all other factors being equal, the risk of volunteer A developing a PU at the head is significantly higher than that of B. Using the mean IP for the whole body to predict the risk of developing PU will be misleading because it does not provide a clear indication of the amount of pressure on specific anatomical areas [15]. Using mean IP for the whole body to predict PU risks could lead to waste of hospital resources, with patients who may not be at risk of developing PUs being placed on PUs preventive programmes [17].…”
Section: Clinical Implications Of the Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…PUs have enormous financial implications, costing between £1.8-2.6 billion in the UK [12] and between $11-17 billion in the US [13,14]. PUs also have a negative physical and psychological impact on a patient's quality of life; hence, there is a need for radiographers to understand the risk of PUs in MI and work with other health care professionals to prevent occurrence [15,16].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Additionally, researchers have chosen to explore quality of life by means of a predesigned measurement tools (Thein et al, 2010, Gorecki et al, 2010, Lala et al, 2014, Lourenco et al, 2014, Sebba Tosta de Souza et al, 2015. The focus of these research studies is to identify certain factors relating to quality of life, specifically health.…”
Section: Measuring Quality Of Lifementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sample size in the studies range from six persons to 16,531. Four researchers chose quantitative data collection methods using pre-designed data collection tools (Thein et al, 2010, Lala et al, 2014, Lourenco et al, 2014, Sebba Tosta de Souza et al, 2015. One researcher adopted semi-structured interviews to explore views and opinions of patients with a pressure ulcer (Gorecki et al, 2010).…”
Section: Pressure Ulcers and Quality Of Lifementioning
confidence: 99%