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RESEARCH IN NURSING & HEALTH
Volume 29, Issue 6, Pages 588-596Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20160
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pressure ulcer; prevalence; Netherlands; Germany; nursing homes; Braden scale
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Annual pressure ulcer surveys in the Netherlands and Germany have shown remarkable differences in Prevalence rates. We explored the differences between the two populations, and the degree to which these differences were associated with differences in Prevalence. To this end, data from 48 Dutch and 45 German facilities (n=9772) from 2003 were analyzed. The Prevalence of pressure ulcers (excluding grade 1) was 12.5% in the Netherlands and 4.3% in Germany. After adjusting forage, sex, and other risk factors, the probability of developing a pressure ulcer of stage 2 or higher in Dutch nursing homes was three times greater than in German homes. (c) 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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