TABLE 7. Proportion of Patients With Incontinence Management by Continence Category Broken Down by Worst-Stage HAPI Severity for All Acute Care.
| All Acute Care | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 451 | 332 | 1306 | 2089 | 974 | |
| Fecal management system | 0.0% | 6.9% | 8.5% | 6.4% | 1.2% | .000 | |
| Foley/catheter | 44.8% | 57.8% | 42.1% | 45.2% | 19.8% | .000 | |
| Absorbent Underpad/brief | 39.2% | 37.3% | 54.8% | 48.7% | 10.5% | .000 | |
| Ostomy | 2.2% | 3.3% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2.9% | .51 | |
| External urine management | 11.5% | 0.7% | 12.5% | 10.5% | 0.8% | .000 | |
| Severe HAPI | Total HAPI patients by continence category | 318 | 407 | 1333 | 2058 | 594 | |
| Fecal management system | 0.6% | 14.3% | 13.4% | 11.6% | 4.4% | .000 | |
| Foley/catheter | 60.1% | 58.5% | 53.4% | 55.4% | 28.8% | .000 | |
| Absorbent Underpad/brief | 29.2% | 32.9% | 41.5% | 37.9% | 11.4% | .000 | |
| Ostomy | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.8% | 3.7% | 6.4% | .006 | |
| External urine management | 16.7% | 3.7% | 13.2% | 11.9% | 2.3% | .000 | |
| No HAPIs | Total HAPI patients by continence category | 17,576 | 5365 | 24,284 | 47,225 | 126,644 | |
| Fecal management system | 0.2% | 4.2% | 4.5% | 2.9% | 0.10% | .000 | |
| Foley/catheter | 35.6% | 49.1% | 30.2% | 34.3% | 5.9% | .000 | |
| Absorbent Underpad/brief | 45.6% | 40.4% | 59.9% | 52.4% | 5.0% | .000 | |
| Ostomy | 1.5% | 7.2% | 2.0% | 2.4% | 5.0% | .000 | |
| External urine management | 17.3% | 2.9% | 13.5% | 13.7% | 0.7% | .000 | |
Abbreviation: HAPI, hospital-acquired pressure injury. Bold P values indicate statistical significance.