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Table 3 Stages and locations of HAPIs, medical device-related PIs and PIs at admission

From: Nursing interventions in preventing pressure injuries in acute inpatient care: a cross-sectional national study

 

HAPI

n (%)

Medical device-related HAPI

n (%)

PI at admission

n (%)

Stages of HAPI/PI

n = 591

n = 118

n = 156

Stage I

389 (65.8)

72 (61.0)

69 (44.2)

Stage II

143 (24.2)

36 (30.5)

53 (34.0)

Stage III

27 (4.6)

2 (1.7)

15 (9.6)

Stage IV

7 (1.2)

4 (3.4)

11 (7.1)

Unstageable PI

15 (2.5)

1 (0.9)

5 (3.2)

Mucous membrane PI

3 (0.5)

3 (2.5)

1 (0.6)

Non-visible PI

7 (1.2)

0

2 (1.3)

Locations of HAPI/PI

n = 577

n = 105

n = 155

Lower limb (knee, leg, and foot incl. heel and malleolus)

257 (44.5)

30 (28.6)

61 (39.3)

Head, face

54 (9.4)

41 (39.1)

10 (6.4)

Hand, arm, shoulder

41 (7.1)

12 (11.4)

4 (2.6)

Hip, buttock region (incl. sacrum)

211 (36.6)

16 (15.2)

72 (46.5)

Torso

14 (2.4)

6 (5.7)

8 (5.2)

  1. Note: HAPI = hospital-acquired pressure injury, PI = pressure injury. For patients with more than one PI or HAPI, the most severe stage was used for the analysis