Factors associated with the incidence of pressure ulcer during hospital stay

• Autor(a) principal: Fernanda Penido Matozinhos
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Gustavo Velásquez Meléndez, Sabrina Daros Tiensoli, Alexandra Dias Moreira, Flávia Sampaio Latini Gomes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFMG
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.1590/S1980-220X2016015803223; http://hdl.handle.net/1843/57439; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1368-4248; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8349-5042; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6702-7756; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4477-5241; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0610-5650
• topic: Pressure ulcer; Inpatients; Incidence; Survival analysis; Nursing care; Lesão por Pressão; Pacientes Internados; Incidência; Análise de Sobrevida; Cuidados de Enfermagem

OBJECTIVE: Estimating the incidence rate of pressure ulcers and verifying factors associated with this occurrence in a cohort of hospitalized patients. METHOD: This is a cohort study in which the considered outcome was the time until pressure ulcer occurrence. Estimated effect of the variables on the cumulative incidence ratio of the outcome was performed using the Cox proportional hazards model. Variable selection occurred via the Logrank hypothesis test. RESULTS: The sample consisted of 442 adults, with 25 incidents of pressure ulcers. Patients with high scores on the Braden scale presented a higher risk of pressure ulcer incidence when compared to those classified into the low score category. CONCLUSION: These results reinforce the importance of using the Braden Scale to assist in identifying patients more likely to develop pressure ulcers.