Subscales, subscores, or summative score: Evaluating the contribution of braden scale items for predicting pressure ulcer risk in older adults receiving home health care

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 279-289

  Bergquist, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE ULCER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035514025     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjw.2001.119012     Document Type: Article

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