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] |