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Pressure ulcer incidence in Dutch and German nursing homes: design of a prospective multicenter cohort study

BACKGROUND: Pressure ulcers are a common and serious health care problem in all health care settings. Results from annual national pressure ulcer prevalence surveys in the Netherlands and Germany reveal large differences in prevalence rates between both countries over the past ten years, especially...

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Autores principales: Meesterberends, Esther, Halfens, Ruud JG, Heinze, Cornelia, Lohrmann, Christa, Schols, Jos MGA
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3111358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21526990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6955-10-8
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author Meesterberends, Esther
Halfens, Ruud JG
Heinze, Cornelia
Lohrmann, Christa
Schols, Jos MGA
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Halfens, Ruud JG
Heinze, Cornelia
Lohrmann, Christa
Schols, Jos MGA
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description BACKGROUND: Pressure ulcers are a common and serious health care problem in all health care settings. Results from annual national pressure ulcer prevalence surveys in the Netherlands and Germany reveal large differences in prevalence rates between both countries over the past ten years, especially in nursing homes. When examining differences in prevalence and incidence rates, it is important to take into account all factors associated with the development of pressure ulcers. Numerous studies have identified patient related factors, as well as nursing related interventions as risk factors for the development of pressure ulcers. Next to these more process oriented factors, also structural factors such as staffing levels and staff quality play a role in the development of pressure ulcers. This study has been designed to investigate the incidence of pressure ulcers in nursing homes in the Netherlands and Germany and to identify patient related factors, nursing related factors and structural factors associated with pressure ulcer development. The present article describes the protocol for this study. METHODS/DESIGN: A prospective multicenter study is designed in which a cohort of newly admitted nursing home residents in 10 Dutch and 11 German nursing homes will be followed for a period of 12 weeks. Data will be collected by research assistants using questionnaires on four different levels: resident, staff, ward, and nursing home. DISCUSSION: The results of the study will provide information on the incidence of pressure ulcers in Dutch and German nursing homes. Furthermore, information will be gathered on the influence of patient related factors, nursing related factors and structural factors on the incidence of pressure ulcers. The present article describes the study design and addresses the study's strengths and weaknesses.
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spelling pubmed-31113582011-06-10 Pressure ulcer incidence in Dutch and German nursing homes: design of a prospective multicenter cohort study Meesterberends, Esther Halfens, Ruud JG Heinze, Cornelia Lohrmann, Christa Schols, Jos MGA BMC Nurs Study Protocol BACKGROUND: Pressure ulcers are a common and serious health care problem in all health care settings. Results from annual national pressure ulcer prevalence surveys in the Netherlands and Germany reveal large differences in prevalence rates between both countries over the past ten years, especially in nursing homes. When examining differences in prevalence and incidence rates, it is important to take into account all factors associated with the development of pressure ulcers. Numerous studies have identified patient related factors, as well as nursing related interventions as risk factors for the development of pressure ulcers. Next to these more process oriented factors, also structural factors such as staffing levels and staff quality play a role in the development of pressure ulcers. This study has been designed to investigate the incidence of pressure ulcers in nursing homes in the Netherlands and Germany and to identify patient related factors, nursing related factors and structural factors associated with pressure ulcer development. The present article describes the protocol for this study. METHODS/DESIGN: A prospective multicenter study is designed in which a cohort of newly admitted nursing home residents in 10 Dutch and 11 German nursing homes will be followed for a period of 12 weeks. Data will be collected by research assistants using questionnaires on four different levels: resident, staff, ward, and nursing home. DISCUSSION: The results of the study will provide information on the incidence of pressure ulcers in Dutch and German nursing homes. Furthermore, information will be gathered on the influence of patient related factors, nursing related factors and structural factors on the incidence of pressure ulcers. The present article describes the study design and addresses the study's strengths and weaknesses. BioMed Central 2011-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3111358/ /pubmed/21526990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6955-10-8 Text en Copyright ©2011 Meesterberends et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lohrmann, Christa
Schols, Jos MGA
Pressure ulcer incidence in Dutch and German nursing homes: design of a prospective multicenter cohort study
title Pressure ulcer incidence in Dutch and German nursing homes: design of a prospective multicenter cohort study
title_full Pressure ulcer incidence in Dutch and German nursing homes: design of a prospective multicenter cohort study
title_fullStr Pressure ulcer incidence in Dutch and German nursing homes: design of a prospective multicenter cohort study
title_full_unstemmed Pressure ulcer incidence in Dutch and German nursing homes: design of a prospective multicenter cohort study
title_short Pressure ulcer incidence in Dutch and German nursing homes: design of a prospective multicenter cohort study
title_sort pressure ulcer incidence in dutch and german nursing homes: design of a prospective multicenter cohort study
topic Study Protocol
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3111358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21526990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6955-10-8
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