Pressure sore prevalence: a national survey

• Published in: Journal of Clinical Nursing
• Main Author: THORODDSEN, ÁSTA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1999
• Subjects: The Waist; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2702.1999.00221.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2702.1999.00221.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-2702.1999.00221.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1046/j.1365-2702.1999.00221.x

• A cross‐sectional nation‐wide sample was used to determine the point prevalence and grading of pressure sores in patients in all hospitals in Iceland (22 hospitals). • The pressure sore prevalence was 8.9% ( n = 57 patients), 7.12% for women ( n = 26) and 11.2% for men ( n = 31); the mean age for both sexes with pressure sores was 78.4 years. • Grade I sores were most frequently identified and Grade IV the least. Eighty‐five per cent of pressure sores were located below the waist. • `No dressings' and occlusive dressings were the treatment of choice for pressure sores. • Results from this study are important for international comparisons.