Prevalence of chronic wounds and structural quality indicators of chronic wound care in Dutch nursing homes

International Wound Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 630-635

  Rondas, Armand A L M ^a,b   Schols, Jos M G A ^b   Stobberingh, Ellen E ^b   Halfens, Ruud J G ^b  

^a De Zorggroep   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic wound; Infection; Prevalence; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC WOUND; DECUBITUS; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHEMA; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PRESSURE ULCER; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84946496941     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iwj.12172     Document Type: Article

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