Table 2.
Overall and ICU-acquired pressure injury prevalence according to continents
| All n = 13,254 |
Europe n = 5632 |
North America n = 1507 |
Latin, Central and South America n = 1040 |
Asia n = 4424 |
Africa n = 246 |
Oceania n = 405 |
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Number of patients (percentage) 95% confidence interval |
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| Overall prevalence |
3526 (26.6) 25.9–27.3 |
1630 (28.9) 27.8–30.1 |
344 (22.8) 20.8–25 |
365 (35.1) 32.2–38.1 |
1047 (23.7) 22.4–25 |
84 (34.2) 28.5–40.1 |
56 (13.8) 10.8–17.5 |
| ICU-acquired prevalence |
2145 (16.2) 15.6–16.8 |
1124 (20) 18.9–21 |
200 (13.3) 11.7–15.1 |
237 (22.8) 20.3–25.4 |
495 (11.2) 10.3–12.2 |
52 (21.1) 16.5–26.7 |
37 (9.1) 6.7–12.3 |
| Proportion ICU-acquired prevalence (%) | 60.8 | 69.0 | 58.1 | 64.9 | 47.3 | 61.9 | 66.1 |
Results are expressed as number of patients (percentages) and 95% confidence interval if not differently indicated. Online Resource_9 reports more detailed information distributed for distinct pressure injury Stages
ICU intensive care unit