Pressure sore risk calculators: Some methodological issues

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 307-312

  Edwards, Margaret ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methodological issues; Pressure sores; Reliability and validity; Risk calculators

Indexed keywords

DECUBITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE ULCER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030236453     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.1996.5.5.307     Document Type: Article

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