PURPOSE The Braden Scale is one of the most intensively studied risk assessment scales used in identifying the risk of developing pressure sore. However, not all studies show that the predictive validity of this scale is sufficient. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Braden Scale for predicting pressure ulcer development. METHODS Articles published 1946 and 2013 from periodicals in...

BACKGROUND Obesity contributes to immobility and subsequent pressure on skin surfaces. Knowledge of the relationship between obesity and development of pressure ulcers in intensive care patients will provide better understanding of which patients are at high risk for pressure ulcers and allow more efficient prevention. OBJECTIVES To examine the incidence of pressure ulcers in patients who dif...

PURPOSE This study was done to identify the time interval to pressure ulcer and to determine the optimal time interval for position change depending on pressure ulcer risk in patients using foam mattress in intensive care units. METHODS The Braden scale score, occurrence of pressure ulcers and position change intervals were assessed with 56 patients admitted to an intensive care unit from Apr...

OBJECTIVE A rule-based prototype decision support tool; Braden-scale based Automated Risk-assessment Tool (BART) was developed to test whether pressure ulcer risk scores can be determined automatically based on the documented patient data. METHODS The data items required for assessing pressure ulcer risk were identified by analyzing the parameter definitions of the Braden scale and by consult...

introduction: this study aims at determining and comparing braden and waterlow predictive tools as well as determining the cut off point of these scales. methods: this was a cross-sectional study which was carried out on 1864 patients admitted to imam hossein hospital in shahroud. the data collection instruments included braden and waterlow risk–assessment scales and a skin assessment tool. the...

Objetivo: identificar as escalas preditoras de risco para desenvolvimento LPP utilizadas na assistência enfermagem, avaliando sua aplicabilidade e comparando vantagens limitações da utilização. Método: revisão integrativa literatura através buscas nas bases dados LILACS, MEDLINE BDENF utilizando os descritores Lesão por Pressão”, “Assistência enfermagem”, “Escalas” “Feridas”. Foram incluídos no...

bedsore is a very important problem in bedridden patients. it affects patients’ lives and imposes substantial costs to society. its incidence approaches 38% and its annual prevalence is estimated to be 14.8% in patients who are admitted in hospitals. the national pressure ulcer advisory panel (npuap) and the european pressure ulcer advisory panel (epuap) define bedsore as “a localized injury to...

Bennetts, Underwood and Shier (1946a) published the first detailed scientific report of an infertility syndrome affecting ewes grazing subterranean clover pastures which they thought to contain ".... an oestrogen or an oestrogen precursor ...". The infertility was expressed as a failure to conceive and was accompanied by varying degrees of dystocia, uterine prolapse and lactation in maiden ewes...

BACKGROUND Assessments of risk for pressure ulcers in critical care patients may not include important predictors. OBJECTIVE To construct risk-prediction models of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers in intensive care patients and compare the models' predictive validities with validity of the Braden Scale. METHODS Data were collected retrospectively on patients admitted to intensive care from...

We examined nurses' perceptions about the value and applicability of the Braden Scale as an evidence-based practice assessment tool for determining nursing interventions. Findings revealed that nurses most often chose interventions associated with improving mobility over all other components of the Braden Scale assessment. The redesign of a clinical education program using targeted scenarios fo...