Table 3.

Summary of Case Studies: Relationship Between Lifestyle Change and Pressure Ulcer (PrU) Status

Lifestyle and Behavior Changes	PrU Status
	Positive Change	Negative or No Change
Positive change	Mario: Lost weight, improved communication with health care professionals, learned to take charge of situations, performed regular pressure reliefs, focused on healing PrU Healed Stage 4 and Stage 2 PrU	Moses: Learned PrU management, improved advocacy and communication skills, adopted healthy diet, enhanced understanding of health care system Could not heal initial Stage 3 PrU
Minor or no change	Raul: Did not change habits, changed lifestyle in response to pain but did not care for PrUs, did not limit sitting time, continued risky behaviors Improved Stage 2 PrU	Andy: Did not change habits, did not limit sitting time, continued risky behaviors, lied to the intervener about compliance Worsened Stage 2 PrU