Incidence and Characteristics of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries in Acute Palliative Care Patients: A Four-Year Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To describe the cumulative incidence and characteristics of hospital-acquired pressure injury in acute palliative patients.

Design

Secondary data analysis of hospital-acquired pressure injuries during 2019-2022.

Methods

The setting was a palliative care unit at a tertiary hospital in Queensland, Australia, including adult (≥ 18 years) acute-phase palliative inpatients. Retrospective data from four databases were used to identify and analyse hospital-acquired pressure injury cases from 2019 to 2022. Clinical characteristics of patients with and without hospital-acquired pressure injury were compared.

Results

The incidence of hospital-acquired pressure injury in acute palliative care patients was 3.9% over the 4 years. These patients were predominantly male,

SUBMITTER: Ven S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12666988 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature