title: [Pressure ulcers: new data about risk, prevalence and places of development. Results of a study in German nursing homes and hospitals].
abstract: In the spring of 2007 the "Institut für Medizin-/Pflegepädagogik und Pflegewissenschaft der Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin" conducted a nationwide prevalence study. Data were collected concerning pressure ulcer risk and pressure ulcer prevalence. In addition, data were gathered about place of development, prevalence rates for various clinical specialties within hospitals, and pressure ulcer location. Altogether, data from 6473 patients and residents were collected and analysed. In nursing homes the percentage of persons at risk for pressure ulcer development was 61.4 percent, in hospitals 38.0 percent. The prevalence of pressure ulcers grade 1 to 4 was 8.4 percent in nursing homes and 15.7 percent in hospitals. In nursing homes as well as in hospitals more than half of the pressure ulcers emerged within the same facilities. For 22.6 percent of pressure ulcers in hospitals the place of development remained unknown. In nursing homes this proportion was 5.6 percent.
authors.affiliation: Istitut und arbeien als studentische Mitarbeiterinnenin Bereich Pflegewissenschaft.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hoppe
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pöhler
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kottner
authors.forename: Theo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dassen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D012307:Risk Factors