Moore Z, Avsar P, Conaty L, Moore DH, Patton D, O'Connor T, et al.
Journal of wound care. Date of publication 2019 Nov 2;volume 28(11):710-719.
1. J Wound Care. 2019 Nov 2;28(11):710-719. doi: 10.12968/jowc.2019.28.11.710.
The prevalence of pressure ulcers in Europe, what does the European data tell
us: a systematic review.
Moore Z(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6), Avsar P(1)(2), Conaty L(7), Moore DH(8), Patton
D(1)(2), O'Connor T(1)(2).
Author information:
(1)School of Nursing & Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).
(2)Skin Wounds and Trauma (SWaT) Research Centre, RCSI.
(3)Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash
University, Melbourne, Australia.
(4)Professor Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health
Sciences, Ghent University.
(5)Honorary Professor, Lida Institute, Shanghai, China.
(6)Senior Tutor, University of Wales.
(7)Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.
(8)Trinity College Dublin, Department of Political Science.
OBJECTIVE: The main aim of this systematic review was to establish the
prevalence of pressure ulcers (PU) within published studies from Europe.
METHOD: Using systematic review methodology, quantitative design studies which
explored prevalence data and/or the epidemiology of PUs in Europe were
considered. The primary outcome was PU prevalence. The search, conducted in
April 2019, using Cochrane, Medline, Embase, CINAHL, PubMed, Scopus and Web of
Science databases, returned 3065 records, of which 79 met the inclusion
criteria. Data were extracted using a pre-designed extraction tool, and validity
analysis was undertaken using the Evidence-Based Librarianship (EBL) Critical
Appraisal Checklist.
RESULTS: We included 79 articles in this review. Across the studies, the median
prevalence was 10.8% (standard deviation: 7%; range: 4.6-27.2%). The highest PU
prevalence reported was from the Netherlands (27.2%; n=17,494 participants), and
the lowest was reported from Finland (4.6%; n=629 participants). Almost 32.4%
(n=151,195) of the PUs were category I and the most common site for PUs was the
sacrum.
CONCLUSION: The prevalence data is consistently high. These data indicate the
continued need for further resource allocation into PU prevention and
management.
DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2019.28.11.710
PMID: 31721669 [Indexed for MEDLINE]
