TABLE 11. Proportion of Patients With Moisture Management by Continence Category Broken Down by Worst-Stage HAPI Severity for All Acute Carea.
| All Acute Care | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moisture Management Status | Incontinence Type | ||||||
| Urine Incontinent | Fecal Incontinent | Dual Incontinent | Incontinent vs Continent Testing | ||||
| Incontinent | Continent | P | |||||
| Stage 1, 2 HAPI | Total at-risk HAPI patients by continence category | 273 | 248 | 931 | 1,452 | 509 | |
| Moisture management = Yes | 81.0% | 91.0% | 88.0% | 87.0% | 71.0% | .000 | |
| Moisture management = No | 9.5% | 6.0% | 7.0% | 7.3% | 11.0% | .0002 | |
| Moisture management = Other | 2.6% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 11.2% | .000 | |
| Severe HAPI | Total at-risk HAPI patients by continence category | 244 | 329 | 1,048 | 1,621 | 395 | |
| Moisture management = Yes | 89.0% | 92.0% | 91.0% | 91.0% | 77.0% | .000 | |
| Moisture management = No | 7.8% | 5.5% | 5.7% | 6.0% | 6.6% | .74 | |
| Moisture management = Other | 0.4% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 11.6% | .000 | |
| No HAPIs | Total at-risk HAPI patients by continence category | 10,098 | 3,741 | 17,726 | 31,565 | 27,429 | |
| Moisture management = Yes | 78.1% | 85.7% | 85.3% | 83.1% | 54.9% | .000 | |
| Moisture management = No | 7.3% | 5.9% | 6.2% | 6.5% | 6.8% | .20 | |
| Moisture management = Otherß | 2.8% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 2.0% | 15.3% | .000 | |
Abbreviation: HAPI, hospital-acquired pressure injury. Bold P values indicate statistical significance.
aOther = “not necessary for patient”; “documented contraindication”; and “patient refused.”