Differences in prevalence of pressure ulcers between the Netherlands and Germany - Associations between risk, prevention and occurrence of pressure ulcers in hospitals and nursing homes

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1237-1244

  Tannen, Antje ^a   Dassen, Theo ^a   Halfens, Ruud ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hospital; Nurses; Nursing; Pressure ulcer; Prevalence; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; GERMANY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

DATA COLLECTION; GERMANY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 42349099431     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02225.x     Document Type: Article

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