TABLE 10. Proportion of Patients With Incontinence Management by Continence Category Broken Down by Worst-Stage HAPI Severity for Step-Down.
| Step-Down | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incontinence Management | Incontinence Type | ||||||
| Urine Incontinence | Fecal Incontinence | Dual Incontinence | Incontinent vs Continent Testing | ||||
| Incontinent | Continent | P | |||||
| Stage 1, 2 HAPI | Total HAPI patients by continence category | 55 | 32 | 138 | 225 | 118 | |
| Fecal management system | 0.0% | 3.1% | 5.1% | 3.6% | 0.8% | .17 | |
| Foley/catheter | 60.0% | 62.5% | 41.3% | 48.9% | 22.0% | .000 | |
| Absorbent Underpad/brief | 32.7% | 50.0% | 53.6% | 48.0% | 5.9% | .000 | |
| Ostomy | 0.0% | 3.1% | 2.2% | 1.8% | 5.1% | .1 | |
| External urine management | 5.9% | 0.0% | 9.5% | 7.8% | 0.0% | .03 | |
| Severe HAPI | Total HAPI patients by continence category | 40 | 30 | 167 | 237 | 71 | |
| Fecal management system | 2.5% | 10.0% | 7.2% | 9.4% | 2.8% | .26 | |
| Foley/catheter | 57.5% | 63.3% | 44.3% | 48.9% | 26.8% | .002 | |
| Absorbent Underpad/brief | 20.0% | 30.0% | 49.1% | 41.8% | 14.1% | .000 | |
| Ostomy | 0.0% | 3.3% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 5.6% | .22 | |
| External urine management | 31.6% | 27.3% | 20.9% | 23.3% | 0.0% | .007 | |
| No HAPIs | Total HAPI patients by continence category | 1470 | 419 | 2051 | 3940 | 11,272 | |
| Fecal management system | 0.48% | 4.5% | 3.6% | 2.5% | 0.1% | .000 | |
| Foley/catheter | 33.7% | 46.3% | 26.5% | 31.3% | 6.0% | .000 | |
| Absorbent Underpad/brief | 42.7% | 41.5% | 61.5% | 52.4% | 5.3% | .000 | |
| Ostomy | 1.8% | 5.5% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 0.6% | .000 | |
| External urine management | 25.7% | 8.3% | 17.3% | 19.6% | 1.2% | .000 | |
Abbreviation: HAPI, hospital-acquired pressure injury. Bold P values indicate statistical significance.