Development of the DESIGN-R with an observational study: An absolute evaluation tool for monitoring pressure ulcer wound healing

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 309-315

  Matsui, Yuko ^a   Furue, Masutaka ^b   Sanada, Hiromi ^c   Tachibana, Takao ^d   Nakayama, Takeo ^e   Sugama, Junko ^a   Furuta, Katsunori ^f   Tachi, Masahiro ^g   Tokunaga, Keiko ^h   Miyachi, Yoshiki ^e  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^g TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE NECROSIS; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRESSURE ULCER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79955720812     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2011.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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