| Do pressure ulcer risk assessment scales improve clinical practice? | |
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PMID: 21197359 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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Standardized assessment instruments are deemed important for estimating pressure ulcer risk. Today, more than 40 so-called pressure ulcer risk assessment scales are available but still there is an ongoing debate about their usefulness. From a measurement point of view pressure ulcer (PU) risk assessment scales have serious limitations. Empirical evidence supporting the validity of PU risk assessment scale scores is weak and obtained scores contain varying amounts of measurement error. The concept of pressure ulcer risk is strongly related to the general health status and severity of illness. A clinical impact due do the application of these scales could also not be demonstrated. It is questionable whether completion of standardized pressure ulcer risk scales in clinical practice is really needed. |
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Jan Kottner; Katrin Balzer |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-07-23 |
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Title: Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare Volume: 3 ISSN: 1178-2390 ISO Abbreviation: J Multidiscip Healthc Publication Date: 2010 |
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Created Date: 2011-01-03 Completed Date: 2011-07-14 Revised Date: 2011-07-20 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101512691 Medline TA: J Multidiscip Healthc Country: New Zealand |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 103-11 Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Nursing Science, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; |
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