The National Expert Standard Pressure Ulcer Prevention in Nursing and pressure ulcer prevalence in German health care facilities: A multilevel analysis

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 23-24, 2010, Pages 3364-3371

  Wilborn, Doris ^a   Grittner, Ulrike ^a   Dassen, Theo ^a   Kottner, Jan ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Multilevel analysis; National guideline; Pressure ulcer; Pressure ulcer prevention; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CARE; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN CARE;

EID: 78649590011     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03389.x     Document Type: Article

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