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Table 2 PU characteristics for patients with and without pain

From: Pressure ulcer related pain in community populations: a prevalence survey

 

Patients without pain

Patients with pain

Number of patients

43

133

Total number of PUs reported

70

215

Number of PUs per patient

Mean (standard deviation)

1.6 (0.90)

1.6 (0.88)

Median number of PUs

1.0

1.0

Range

(1.0, 5.0)

(1.0, 4.0)

IQR

(1.0, 2.0)

(1.0, 2.0)

Grade

1

23 (32.9%)

64 (29.8%)

 

2

22 (31.4%)

96 (44.7%)

 

3

10 (14.3%)

35 (16.3%)

 

4

13 (18.6%)

12 (5.6%)

 

Unstagable

2 (2.9%)

8 (3.7%)