title: Survey Results from Canada and Some Latin America Countries: 2016 National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Changes in Terminology and Definitions.
abstract: Since the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) held its consensus conference in April 2016, various wound care specialists and professional organizations have been disseminating their response to the revised pressure injury staging definitions. The purpose of this survey was to get an objective perspective of the new NPUAP terminology and staging definitions changes from wound care colleagues outside the United States.
  
  
  
  In an attempt to obtain the opinions of wound care specialists outside the United States, a convenience sample from some countries in Latin America was invited to complete a survey during the Mexican Association for Integral Care and Wound Healing conference. In addition, students enrolled in the International Interprofessional Wound Care Course conducted in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, were also invited to participate in a revised NPUAP staging definition survey.
  
  
  
  Survey responses reveal strong support for the changes with consensus agreement greater than 80% on all survey items.
  
  
  
  These survey results can contribute to a universal agreement on terminology and definitions for pressure-related wounds, which may ultimately improve patient care.
authors.affiliation: Elizabeth A. Ayello, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CWON, ETN, MAPWCA, FAAN, is Faculty, Excelsior College School of Nursing, Albany, New York; Course Coordinator, International Interprofessional Wound Care Course, New York University; Senior Advisor, The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York, New York; and Clinical Editor, Advances in Skin and Wound Care, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Guadalupe Maria Lobo Cordero, MBA, BSN, RN, is Director, Medicus, Mexico City, Mexico. R. Gary Sibbald, BSc, MD, MEd, DSc (Hons), Med, FRCPC (Med, Derm), FAAD, MAPWCA, is Professor of Medicine and Public Health and Director, International Interprofessional Wound Care Course and Masters of Science in Community Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Clinical Editor, Advances in Skin and Wound Care, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Ayello
authors.forename: Guadalupe Maria
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Lobo
authors.forename: R Gary
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Sibbald
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D002170:Canada; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000628:therapy*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014945:Wound Healing