Body mass index, weight, and pressure ulcer prevalence: an analysis of the 2006-2007 International Pressure Ulcer Prevalence Surveys

J Nurs Care Qual. 2009 Apr-Jun;24(2):127-35. doi: 10.1097/01.NCQ.0000347449.83052.1a.

Abstract

To assess the relationships among pressure ulcer prevalence, body mass index (BMI), and weight, this report analyzed the US data from the 2006 and 2007 International Pressure Ulcer Prevalence Surveys. Findings indicated an overall reduction in pressure ulcer prevalence from 2004 and 2005 to 2006 and 2007; there was a higher prevalence of pressure ulcers in patients with low BMI and patients with both low and high weights. One in 10 patients were extremely obese.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Body Mass Index*
  • Body Weight*
  • Cohort Studies
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • Health Surveys
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Obesity / complications
  • Obesity / diagnosis
  • Obesity / epidemiology*
  • Patient Admission / statistics & numerical data
  • Population Surveillance
  • Pressure Ulcer / epidemiology*
  • Pressure Ulcer / etiology*
  • Pressure Ulcer / prevention & control
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Thinness / complications
  • Thinness / diagnosis
  • Thinness / epidemiology*
  • United States / epidemiology