Pressure ulcer risk assessment in critical care: Interrater reliability and validity studies of the Braden and Waterlow scales and subjective ratings in two intensive care units

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 671-677

  Kottner, Jan ^a   Dassen, Theo ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pressure ulcers; Reliability; Reproducibility; Risk assessment; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECUBITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77950917592     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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