The braden scale for pressure ulcer risk: Evaluating the predictive validity in black and latino/hispanic elders

Hospital Recovery is Facilitated by Prevention of Pressure Ulcers in Older Adults

“…Usually, the score is dichotomized into categories of ''at risk'' or ''not at risk,'' based on the score obtained [19]. Data show that the Braden scale can predict pressure ulcer development across various subpopulations (ie, African Americans, whites, Hispanics [24,25], and Chinese [26]). …”

Economic assessment of pressure sore prevention using a computerized mattress system in patients with spinal cord injury

“…Pressure higher than 32 mmHg is believed to cause blockage of capillary blood flow in the affected region, causing ischemic damage that manifests itself in the form of a sore [2]. In the general population, the frequency of pressure sores was found to be 0.04% -0.09%; in geriatric and nursing home populations this number ranged between 11.5% and 32%; for patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI) it is up to 80% [1,3,4].…”

Financial Impact of Improved Pressure Ulcer Staging in the Acute Hospital with Use of a New Tool, the NE1 Wound Assessment Tool

“…8,9 This number drops to as low as 20% correct when staging MS-DRG -eligible PrUs by nonexperts. 8 However, a recently developed tool, originally called the NE One Can Stage but recently renamed the NE1 Wound Assessment Tool (NE1 WAT; Medline Industries, Inc, Mundelein, Illinois), aided nonexpert clinicians in improving staging accuracy from 35% correct without the tool to 71% correct when using the tool for all types of PrUs and from 32% correct without the tool to 75% correct with the tool on MS-DRG -eligible PrUs, an improvement of greater than 100% in relative terms.…”