Clark M, Watts S
Pegasus Airwave Ltd, Waterlooville, Hampshire.
J Adv Nurs. 1994 Jul;20(1):33-6. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1994.20010033.x.
The prevalence of pressure sores has been frequently reported. However, such measures fail to identify how many patients develop sores, while longitudinal changes in prevalence rates are difficult to interpret. This paper provides the first report of the incidence of pressure sores across the population of a single NHS Trust hospital. During 1991, 360 patients developed sores, an incidence of 4.03 patients per 100 admissions. Within orthopaedic wards, the incidence was higher, with 10.3 patients per 100 admissions developing sores.
压疮的患病率已有诸多报道。然而，这些措施无法确定有多少患者会出现压疮，而且患病率的纵向变化难以解读。本文首次报告了一家国民保健服务信托医院全体患者中压疮的发病率。1991年期间，有360名患者出现压疮，发病率为每100例入院患者中有4.03人。在骨科病房，发病率更高，每100例入院患者中有10.3人出现压疮。
