Table 8.

Cross‐tabulations of dichotomized PURPOSE‐T constructs with relevant constructs on the Waterlow and the Braden scales

PURPOSE T Step 2 Analysis of independent movement	Braden mobility				Correlation coefficient
	Completely immobile	Very or slightly limited	No limitation	Total
Does not Move	7 (3.6%)	4 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.7%)	Spearman rank 0.62—Moderate
Moves occasionally and slight or major position changes or moves frequently with slight position changes	1 (0.5%)	96 (49.7%)	26 (13.5%)	123 (63.7%)
Moves frequently and major position changes	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.2%)	47 (24.4%)	59 (30.6%)
Total	8 (4.1%)	112 (58.0%)	73 (37.8%)	193 (100.0%)

PURPOSE T Step 2 Analysis of independent movement	Braden Activity				Correlation coefficient
	Bedfast	Chairfast or walks occasionally	Walks frequently	Total
Does not Move	6 (3.1%)	5 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.7%)	Spearman rank 0.55—Moderate
Moves occasionally and slight or major position changes or moves frequently with slight position changes	15 (7.8%)	102 (52.8%)	6 (3.1%)	123 (63.7%)
Moves frequently and major position changes	0 (0.0%)	31 (16.1%)	28 (14.5%)	59 (30.6%)
Total	21 (10.9%)	138 (71.5%)	34 (17.6%)	193 (100.0%)

PURPOSE T skin status	Waterlow skin status				Correlation coefficient
	Healthy	Tissue paper dry oedematous clammy	Discoloured grade 1 or broken spots grade 2–4	Total
Normal Skin	47 (20.6%)	18 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (28.5%)	Spearman rank 0.83—High
Vulnerable skin	11 (4.8%)	79 (34.6%)	13 (5.7%)	103 (45.2%)
PU Category	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (25.9%)	60 (26.3%)
Total	59 (25.9%)	97 (42.5%)	72 (31.6%)	228 (100.0%)

PURPOSE T Moisture	Braden Moisture				Correlation coefficient
	Rarely or occasionally moist	Very moist	Constantly moist	Total
No problem/Occasional	154 (79.4%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	156 (80.4%)	Spearman Rank 0.67—Moderate
Frequent (2–4 times a day)	18 (9.3%)	12 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (15.5%)
Constant	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)	4 (2.1%)	8 (4.1%)
Total	172 (88.7%)	18 (9.3%)	4 (2.1%)	194 (100.0%)