Validity of the Braden and Waterlow subscales in predicting pressure ulcer risk in hospitalized patients☆☆☆

Received 9 August 2009; received in revised form 6 May 2010; accepted 22 May 2010. published online 26 July 2010.
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity of the Braden and Waterlow subscales in predicting pressure ulcer risk in hospitalized patients. This is a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study. Braden sensory perception and friction/shear subscales and Waterlow mobility and appetite subscales were the most relevant predictors.

a Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil

b Department of Adult Health, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil

c University of São Paulo School of Nursing (EE-USP), São Paulo, Brazil

d Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, University of São Paulo School of Nursing (EE-USP), São Paulo, Brazil

e São Camilo Hospital

f Coloplast Argentina Ltda.

Corresponding author. Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, Rua João Julião, 331, Paraíso, CEP 01323-903 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

☆ We thank Dr. Eutália Aparecida Candido de Araújo for the statistical analysis (in memoriam).

☆☆ The authors declare no conflict of interest or competing financial interests with regard to the article. There was no external funding for this study.

PII: S0897-1897(10)00038-8

doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2010.05.002