title: [Multicentre, prospective cohort study, to validate the Italian version of the Braden Q scale for the risk of the pressure sores in newborns and up to 8 years old children].
abstract: Multicenter prospective cohort study, to validate the Italian version of the Braden Q scale for the risk of pressure sores in newborns and up to 8 years old children.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Children admitted to Intensive care Units (ICU), oncology and neurology/neurosurgery wards are at risk of developing pressure sores.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To validate the Italian version of the Braden Q scale for the assessment of the risk of developing pressure sores in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Children from 21 days to 8 years, admitted to intensive and sub intensive units were recruited. Premature babies, children admitted with a pressure sore and with a story of congenital cardiomiopathy were excluded. In this cohort, multicentre and with repeated measurements study, the first assessment was performed after 24 hours from hospital admission, using the Braden Q Scale (Suddaby's version). The pressure sores were assessed with the Skin assessment Tool and staged according to the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel. RESULTS. On the 157 children 524 observation were conducted. The incidence of pressure sores was 17.2%. Only the analysis on specific subgroups of patients showed a good diagnostic accuracy: 71.4% on children 3-8 years; 85.6% in sub intensive wards.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Braden Q scale may be reliably used and shows a good diagnostic accuracy in children 3-8 years of age admitted to sub-intensive, neurology, oncology and heamatology wards.
authors: Universita di Bologna. paolo.chiari@aosp.bo.it
authors: Paolo
authors: P
authors: Chiari
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Poli
authors: Claudia
authors: C
authors: Magli
authors: Emanuele
authors: E
authors: Bascelli
authors: Roberto
authors: R
authors: Rocchi
authors: Silvia
authors: S
authors: Bolognini
authors: Piero
authors: P
authors: Tartari
authors: Roberta
authors: R
authors: Armuzzi
authors: Gianna
authors: G
authors: Rossi
authors: Angela
authors: A
authors: Peghetti
authors: Catia
authors: C
authors: Biavati
authors: Mirella
authors: M
authors: Fontana
authors: Domenica
authors: D
authors: Gazineo
authors: Simona
authors: S
authors: Cordella
authors: Emanuela
authors: E
authors: Tiozzo
authors: Gaetano
authors: G
authors: Ciliento
authors: Giovanna
authors: G
authors: Carta
authors: Patrizia
authors: P
authors: Taddia
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy; D007802:Language; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment