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Table 3 Cumulative time at risk, number of new pressure ulcers and corresponding density rates per 10 days the patient spent in bed

From: Potential for reducing immobility times of a mobility monitor in-bed sensor system – a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial

Period

ICUa

Study phase

N° of patients

N° of patient-days at risk

N° of new pressure ulcers

Incidence density rate (per 10 days)

Period 1

Neurosurgical

Control

95

654

9

0.138

Neurological

194

933

2

0.021

Period 2

Neurosurgical

Control

114

565

4

0.071

Neurological

Intervention

160

845

1

0.012

Period 3

Neurosurgical

Intervention

93

530

3

0.057

Neurological

152

831

1

0.012

All periods

Neurosurgical

Control

209

1219

13

0.107

Intervention

93

530

3

0.057

Neurological

Control

194

933

2

0.021

Intervention

312

1676

2

0.012

All periods

All ICUs

Control

403

2152

15

0.070

Intervention

405

2206

5

0.022

  1. aIntensive care unit