[Prevalence of decubitus lesions in a hospital in Lombardia].
A one day prevalence survey was performed in a University Hospital, with the aim of assessing the risk of developing a pressure sore by patients systematically assessed with the Waterlow Scale. Out of the 141 at risk patients, 16 had a pressure sore (11.3%). For six of them the sore was already present at admission so that the in hospital incidence was 7% (10 patients). Most at risk patients (74.4) were still cared on a standard mattress. The advantages and limits of prevalence surveys are discussed at the end of the three articles that present a prevalence survey, an incidence survey and the study of sentinel events.
Biasioli
Sandro
S
Servizio infermieristico, Azienda Ospedaliera San Paolo, Milano.
Destrebecq
Anne
A
Longobardo
Susanna
S
Negri
Aurora
A
Tacconi
Paola
P
Sponton
Anna
A
D000368:Aged; D004890:Erythema / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013997:Time Factors