Prevalence of pressure sores in a community sample of spinal injury patients

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 879-884

  Raghavan, P ^a,c   Raza, W A ^a   Ahmed, Y S ^a   Chamberlain, M A ^b  

^a PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Rowans Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTAL MAIL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; SKIN CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE INCONTINENCE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 0344035270     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215503cr692oa     Document Type: Article

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