Table 4.
Wound characteristics.
| Pressure Injury | Venous Ulcer | Other Leg Ulcer | Ischaemic Ulcer | Diabetic Foot Ulcer | Other Wounds | Total | Sig | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients, n | 236 | 286 | 88 | 37 | 106 | 30 | 783 | |
| Age (years) 3 | <0.001 1 | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 80 (14.7) | 75.8 (13.6) | 77.5 (12.7) | 74.8 (11.8) | 71.8 (13.5) | 69.2 (13.7) | 76.4 (14.0) | |
| Median (IQR) | 83 (75–89.5) | 78 (69–86) | 80 (72.5–86) | 76 (66–85) | 74 (61–82) | 72.5 (58–79) | 79 (70–86) | |
| Age (years), n (%) | <0.001 2 | |||||||
| <65 | 27 (11.4%) | 46 (16.1%) | 10 (11.4%) | 8 (21.6%) | 33 (31.1%) | 10 (33.3%) | 134 (17.1%) | |
| 65–74 | 29 (12.3%) | 58 (20.3%) | 16 (18.2%) | 9 (24.3%) | 23 (21.7%) | 6 (20.0%) | 141 (18%) | |
| >74 | 180 (76.3%) | 182 (63.6%) | 62 (70.5%) | 20 (54.1%) | 50 (47.2%) | 14 (46.7%) | 508 (64.9%) | |
| Sex, n (%) | <0.001 2 | |||||||
| Male | 103 (43.6%) | 107 (37.4%) | 21 (23.9%) | 21 (56.8%) | 69 (65.1%) | 12 (40.0%) | 333 (42.5%) | |
| Female | 133 (56.4%) | 179 (62.6%) | 67 (76.1%) | 16 (43.2%) | 37 (34.9%) | 18 (60.0%) | 450 (57.5%) | |
| Cardiotonic drugs, n (%) | 0.181 2 | |||||||
| Yes | 29 (12.3%%) | 52 (18.2%) | 15 (17.0%) | 7 (18.9%) | 24 (22.6%) | 3 (10.0%) | 130 (16.6%) | |
| No | 207 (87.7%) | 234 (81.8%) | 73 (83.0%) | 30 (81.1%) | 82 (77.4%) | 27 (90.0%) | 653 (83.4%) | |
| Corticosteroid, n (%) | 0.217 2 | |||||||
| Yes | 9 (3.8%) | 25 (8.7%) | 7 (8.0%) | 1 (2.7%) | 9 (8.5%) | 3 (10.0%) | 54 (6.9%) | |
| No | 227 (96.2%) | 261 (91.3%) | 81 (92.0%) | 36 (97.3%) | 97 (91.5%) | 27 (90.0%) | 729 (93.1%) | |
| Chemotherapy, n (%) | ||||||||
| Yes | 5 (2.1%) | 3 (1.0%) | 1 (1.1%) | 1 (2.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (13.3%) | 14 (1.8%) | <0.001 2 |
| No | 231 (97.9%) | 283 (99.0%) | 87 (98.9%) | 36 (97.3%) | 106 (100.0%) | 26 (86.7%) | 769 (98.2%) | |
| Compression therapy | - | 57 (19.9%) | 13 (14.8%) | - | - | - | ||
| Wounds n | n = 378 | n = 364 | n = 107 | n = 51 | n = 124 | n = 37 | n = 1061 | |
| Surface area (cm2) 3 | <0.001 1 | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 7.8 (12.6) | 14.2 (26) | 11.1 (19.9) | 16.2 (30.5) | 4.3 (7.1) | 13.9 (25.9) | 10.5 (20.4) | |
| Median (IQR) | 4 (1–9.4) | 6 (2–14.1) | 6 (1–11.8) | 4 (1–14.1) | 1 (0.4–4) | 5 (1–12.6) | 4 (1–9.4) |
1 Kruskal–Wallis. 2 Chi-squared. 3 This variable does not have a normal distribution.