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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-4
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of the present study was to assess the prevalence of pressure ulcers and the use of Dutch guidelines for the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers. A survey of 16,344 patients in 89 health care institutions on 1 day showed a mean prevalence of pressure ulcers of 23.1%. It was found that Dutch guidelines on some aspects of prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers were not being followed. Only 53% of the patients who should have been positioned on a support surface were positioned on such a device. Fewer than one-third of the patients who should have been repositioned, should have received nutritional support, or should have been educated received these interventions, and only 33.6% of all pressure ulcers were dressed as recommended. More attention to the dissemination and implementation of the guidelines is needed to reduce this high prevalence of pressure ulcers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0160-6891
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
99-110
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Bandages, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Beds, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Guideline Adherence, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Home Care Services, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Hospitals, General, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Hospitals, University, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Needs Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Netherlands, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Nursing Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Nursing Care, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Nursing Evaluation Research, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Nursing Homes, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Patient Education as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Population Surveillance, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Practice Guidelines as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Pressure Ulcer, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Prevalence, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Residential Treatment, pubmed-meshheading:11933004-Severity of Illness Index
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Prevalence, prevention, and treatment of pressure ulcers: descriptive study in 89 institutions in the Netherlands.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nursing Science, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article