title: Tissue viability. Pressure sore prevention: scoring pressure sore risk in the community.
abstract: To help combat the risk of patients developing pressure sores while being nursed at home, a new risk calculator has been researched and designed by the wound care specialist and members of the Walsall District Nursing Research Group. This article traces the development of the score and highlights its advantages for assessing the risk of pressure sores in the community.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Milward
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poole
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Skitt
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011637:Public Health Nursing; D012307:Risk Factors