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Table 1 Participant demographics and pressure injury risk assessment (n  = 51)

From: The role of patients in pressure injury prevention: a survey of acute care patients

 

Range mean (SD)

n

%

Age

19 – 93; 65.0 (16.6)

  

Sex

   

 Male

 

23

45

 Female

 

28

55

Ward

   

Orthopaedic

 

35

66

 Neurology

 

16

34

Type of admission^

   

 Medical

 

13

26

 Surgical

 

37

74

Number of days post-op

0 – 33; 10.1 (12.1)

  

PI risk assessment^

   

 Waterlow not at risk

 

6

12

 Waterlow at risk

 

5

10

 Waterlow high risk

 

5

10

 Waterlow very high risk

 

4

8

 Braden no identified risk

 

13

26

 Braden low risk

 

3

6

 Braden moderate risk

 

2

4

 Braden high risk

 

3

6

 Risk assessment not documented

 

10

19

  1. ^Some missing data.
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BMC Nursing

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