Pressure injury risk assessment in intensive care: Comparison of inter-rater reliability of the COMHON (Conscious level, Mobility, Haemodynamics, Oxygenation, Nutrition) Index with three scales

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 680-692

  Fulbrook, Paul ^a,b   Anderson, Alissa ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Braden scale; COMHON Index; Intensive care; Inter rater reliability; Norton scale; Nursing; Pressure injury; Pressure ulcer; Risk assessment; Waterlow score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PRESSURE ULCER; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PRESSURE ULCER; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84956591034     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12825     Document Type: Article

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