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. 2022 Jan 7;49(1):21–28. doi: 10.1097/WON.0000000000000834

TABLE 1. Description of the Sample (n = 41,866).

Variable Mean (SD) or n (%)
Age, y 63.5 (16.3)
Gender
Male 23,065 (55.1%)
Female 18,547 (44.3%)
Critical care unit types
General ICU 13,822 (33.0%)
Medical ICU 8,833 (21.2%)
Cardiac ICU 5,385 (12.9%)
Surgical ICU 5,367 (12.8%)
General CCU 4,858 (11.6%)
Neuro ICU 3,083 (7.4%)
Trauma ICU 375 (0.9%)
Burn ICU 143 (0.3%)
Length of hospitalization prior to survey date 8.4 (48.4)
Braden Scale score (last risk score—entire sample) 18.3 (3.1)
No pressure injury (n = 35,871) 16.2 (3.0)
Superficial pressure injurya (n = 1,001) 13.4 (3.1)
Severe pressure injuryb (n = 1,351) 12.5 (2.9)
Overall critical care PI prevalence 5,995 (14.3%)
Hospital-acquired PI prevalence 2,451 (5.9%)

Abbreviations: ICU, intensive care unit; PI, pressure injury.

aStage 1, stage 2.

bStage 3, stage 4, deep tissue pressure injury, unstageable.