| Literature DB >> 95742 |
J C Barbenel1, M M Jordan, S M Nicol, M O Clark.
Abstract
A survey was made by questionnaire of the prevalence and severity of pressure-sores on a given date among all hospital inpatients and all patients visited by a district nurse within the Greater Glasgow Health Board area. 8.8% of patients had a pressure-sore. Those aged 70 and over accounted for 70% of the patients with sores. Chairfast patients consistently had a higher pressure-sore frequency than bedfast patients of a similar degree of helplessness.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID： 95742 DOI： 10.1016/s0140-6736(77)90676-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN： 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321