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Development of the interRAI Pressure Ulcer Risk Scale (PURS) for use in long-term care and home care settings

BACKGROUND: In long-term care (LTC) homes in the province of Ontario, implementation of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment and The Braden Scale for predicting pressure ulcer risk were occurring simultaneously. The purpose of this study was, using available data sources, to develop a bedside MDS-b...

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Autores principales: Poss, Jeff, Murphy, Katharine M, Woodbury, M Gail, Orsted, Heather, Stevenson, Kimberly, Williams, Gail, MacAlpine, Shirley, Curtin-Telegdi, Nancy, Hirdes, John P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2955034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20854670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-10-67