Risk assessment scales for pressure ulcer prevention: a systematic review

Category Structured summary of systematic reviews
JournalDatabase of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
Year 2009
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CRD SUMMARY:

This review evaluated effectiveness of risk assessment scales (RAS) for pressure ulcer (PU) prevention. There was not enough evidence to claim using RAS in clinical practice decreased PU incidence. Use of the Norton Scale as a criterion for prevention intervention increased risk assessment effectiveness and application of early prevention interventions. However, these conclusions may not be reliable due to methodological limitations.
Epistemonikos ID: 64e0b31a0724fd0aecf3499bbf4ce0e366cc1738
First added on: Jun 08, 2012