Prevalence and incidence of pressure ulcers in Japanese long-term-care hospitals

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 220-226

  Igarashi, Ayumi ^a   Yamamoto Mitani, Noriko ^b   Gushiken, Yukino ^c   Takai, Yukari ^d   Tanaka, Makoto ^b   Okamoto, Yuko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Long term care hospital; Pressure ulcer; Prevention strategy; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECUBITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPANESE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEAMWORK;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LONG-TERM CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84869488993     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.08.011     Document Type: Article

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