Do risk assessment scales for pressure ulcers work?

Journal of Tissue Viability

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 132-136

  Anthony, Denis ^a   Papanikolaou, Panos ^b   Parboteeah, Sam ^a   Saleh, Mohammad ^c  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Pressure ulcers; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DECUBITUS; HAWTHORNE EFFECT; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT SCALE; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 78650739440     PISSN: 0965206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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