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dc.contributor.authorStrazzieri‐Pulido, Kelly
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez, Carol
dc.contributor.authorNogueira, Paula
dc.contributor.authorPadilha, Katia
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Vera
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-29T13:16:40Z
dc.date.available2019-05-29T13:16:40Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn0966-0429
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jonm.12671
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/382319
dc.description.abstractAim: To estimate the incidence of pressure injury and its predictors including nursing workload in critical patients. Background: There is controversy about the influence of the nursing workload on the occurrence of pressure injury in intensive care units. Methods: A retrospective cohort of 766 patients in nine intensive care units of two university hospitals was studied. The nursing workload was measured using the Nursing Activities Score. The predictors were identified by logistic regression. Results: The pressure injury incidence was 18.7%. The odds ratio of the development of pressure injury, increased 3.5 times in mechanical ventilation (p < 0.001), 7.8 times in palliative care (p = 0.004), 2.3 times in the 60–84 years old group (p = 0.005); it also increased 10% for each day of hospitalization (p < 0.001), and 1.5% for each registered point of the Nursing Activities Score (p = 0.016). Conclusion: Existing risks for the development of pressure injury have been confirmed and nursing workload identified as a new predictor. Much still needs to be done in the area of prevention, especially in groups at risk.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto10
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Nursing Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode111099
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1110
dc.titlePressure injuries in critical patients: Incidence, patient-associated factors, and nursing workload
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorNogueira, Paula


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