title: How effective are prevention strategies in reducing the prevalence of pressure ulcers?
abstract: The prevalence of pressure ulcers has remained constant at about 7% over the past 20 years, even though considerable time and money has been invested in various prevention strategies. This literature review explores whether pressure-prevention programmes can reduce the prevalence rate still lower or whether they are working but are limited by an increasingly aged population and rising patient acuity.
authors.affiliation: School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Whitfield
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Kaltenthaler
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Akehurst
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Walters
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paisley
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment