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. 2019 Jan 22;16(1):17–34. doi: 10.1007/s11673-018-9892-3

Table 1.

Source of admission and presence of pressure ulcers

% (95% Confidence Interval) Old PU on admission % (95% Confidence Interval) New PU post admission % (95% Confidence Interval) Prevalence of PU in the last week of life
Source of Admission
 hospital 58 (41-73) [44] 17 (9-32) [7] 15 (8-28) [6] 15 [6]
 home 30 (20-42) [23] 9 (2-33) [2] 35 (22-51) [8] 35 [8]
 another RACF 12 (4-29) [9] 0 [0] 11 (2-45) [1] 11 [1]
 unknown [4] [4] [4] [4]
Total [80] [13] [19] [19]