Evaluation of the internal and external responsiveness of the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH) tool for assessing acute and chronic wounds

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1134-1143

  Choi, Edmond P H ^a   Chin, Weng Yee ^a   Wan, Eric Y F ^a   Lam, Cindy L K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acute wound; Chronic wound; Nursing; Responsiveness; Wound assessment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; WOUND HEALING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84954285082     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12898     Document Type: Article

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