The prevalence, prevention and multilevel variance of pressure ulcers in Norwegian hospitals: A cross-sectional study

Factors Affecting Nurses’ Compliance in Preventing Pressure Ulcer Among Hospitalized Patients at King Abdulaziz University Hospital

“…At the same time, insufficient use of preventative measures in individuals at risk has been repeatedly reported. Independently of the definitions and methods used, studies consistently show that less than half of the patients at risk receive adequate preventative measures as recommended in guidelines [5], [27], [33]. Therefore, the researcher hoped that this study will be valuable.…”

A causal model for the quality of nursing care in Thailand

“…The prevalence of pressure ulcers at unit level in Norwegian hospitals was 7.2% (Bredesen et al. ). Similarly, the prevalence of pressure ulcers at one regional medical centre in eastern Thailand in 2008 was 9.58 per 1000 patient days (Kitkaew et al.…”

Evaluation of Repositioning in Pressure Ulcer Prevention

“…In Sweden, the prevalence of pressure ulcers has been shown to be 16% among hospital inpatients and 12% among nursing home residents (Bååth et al, 2014). In other European countries, a prevalence of pressure ulcers of 7% to 18% has been found among hospital inpatients (Bredesen et al, 2015;Kottner et al, 2010;Vanderwee et al, 2011) and a prevalence of 4% to 16% has been found among nursing home residents (Fossum et al, 2011;Kottner et al, 2010;Moore & Cowman, 2012). For the individual patient, a pressure ulcer means suffering, and the presence of the ulcer affects the patient's quality of life in many different ways (Gorecki et al, 2009).…”