Table 1. Comparison of baseline data.

				Pressure injury staging	Location of pressure injuries
Group	Male/Female	Age (years)	Course of pressure injuries (months)	Phase II/Phase III/Phase IV	Buttocks/Sacrococcygeal region/Greater trochanter
Control group (n=51)	27/24	59.36±6.21	6.21±2.12	15/24/12	28/20/3
Study group (n=51)	25/26	60.79±6.38	6.34±2.34	13/25/13	30/17/4
t/χ2/Z	0.157	1.147	0.294	0.413	0.203
p	0.692	0.254	0.769	0.680	0.903