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Supplementing the Braden scale for pressure ulcer risk among medical inpatients: the contribution of self‐reported symptoms and standard laboratory tests

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  • Ingrid Johansen Skogestad
  • Liv Martinsen
  • Tove Elisabet Børsting
  • Tove Irene Granheim
  • Eirin Sigurdssøn Ludvigsen
  • Caryl L Gay
  • Anners Lerdal

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Aims and objectives To evaluate medical inpatients’ symptom experience and selected laboratory blood results as indicators of their pressure ulcer risk as measured by the Braden scale. Background Pressure ulcers reduce quality of life and increase treatment costs. The prevalence of pressure ulcers is 6–23% in hospital populations, but literature suggests that most pressure ulcers are avoidable. Design Prospective, cross‐sectional survey. Methods Three hundred and twenty‐eight patients admitted to medical wards in an acute hospital in Oslo, Norway consented to participate. Data were collected on 10 days between 2012–2014 by registered nurses and nursing students. Pressure ulcer risk was assessed using the Braden scale, and scores

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  • Ingrid Johansen Skogestad & Liv Martinsen & Tove Elisabet Børsting & Tove Irene Granheim & Eirin Sigurdssøn Ludvigsen & Caryl L Gay & Anners Lerdal, 2017. "Supplementing the Braden scale for pressure ulcer risk among medical inpatients: the contribution of self‐reported symptoms and standard laboratory tests," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 26(1-2), pages 202-214, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:26:y:2017:i:1-2:p:202-214
    DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13438
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