Ethnicity in pressure ulcer risk assessment, with specific relation to the Pakistani ethnic minority in Burton, England.
BACKGROUND
There has been little work on ethnicity related to pressure ulcers in general and little or nothing specific to South Asians, and the Pakistani ethnic group in particular.


OBJECTIVE
To explore the relevance of ethnicity in pressure ulcers.


METHODS
All admissions over a 5-year period to a District General Hospital in Burton, United Kingdom (UK) were considered where data were present on Waterlow Score, ethnicity and pressure sore status. Logistic regression analysis was conducted using ethnicity and other variables to predict ulcer formation. RESULTS; Age is predictive, but ethnicity was not found to be a significant predictor.


CONCLUSIONS
There is no evidence that members of the Pakistani ethnic minority are at higher risk than the majority White population in Burton, with respect to pressure ulcers.
Anthony
Denis
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Nursing Informatics, Mary Seacole Research Centre, School of Nursing and Midwifery, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. danthony@dmu.ac.uk
Johnson
Mark
M
Reynolds
Tim
T
Russell
Linda
L
D000367:Age Factors; D006801:Humans; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000208:ethnology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012923:Social Class; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology