Validation of LPD Scale for the Assessment of Pressure Ulcer at Home

Objectives: This study was designed to test and validate the new LPD scale in a home care setting. The specific objectives are for subjects cared at home; compare Braden internal validity. Method: multicenter, cross-sectional conducted domestic environment of Home Care services from North South Italy. Data collection lasted 8 months, between June 2018 September 2020, consisted simultaneous compilation LPD, scale. Expert nurses could interface with recruited and/or caregivers. parameters considered were sensitivity (Se), specificity (Sp), positive predictive values (PPV), odds ratio (OR), area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Results: Of 679 subjects, 63.2% women, more than 50% did not have pressure ulcer. 48.2% sample aged over 85 years old; 69% affected by multiple disease, 76.6% took lot drugs. 91.6% partial or total functional dependency. Around presented double incontinence, 43% conscious collaborated. 85.4% lived healthy environment. validity showed: Se 77.25%, Sp 84.04%, PPV 91.37%, curve (AUC) 0.88% confidence interval (CI) 95%. These mean moderately accuracy test. Conclusions: has demonstrated good capacity identifying risk ulcer had better discriminatory power rather