title: Multisite pressure ulcer prevalence survey.
abstract: The prevalence of pressure ulcers was 9.2% in the 148 hospitals included in the survey. Fifty-eight percent of ulcers were found in patients between the ages of 70 and 89 years. The sacrum was the most common site of ulcers (38%), but the trochanter had the most Stage IV ulcers. Patients had an average of 1.7 ulcers, and Stage IV ulcers were more common in African-Americans and in hospitals over 500 beds. The most commonly used support system was a purchased overlay, but 20 percent of the patients with ulcers were lying on traditional hospital mattresses.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meehan
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy; D005006:Ethnicity; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015995:Prevalence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index