Risk factors for hospital-acquired and community-acquired pressure injuries: a multicentre mixed case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To separately examine and comprehensively compare the risk factors for hospital-acquired (HAPIs) and community-acquired pressure injuries (CAPIs).

Design

A mixed case-control study.

Setting

Four medical centres in China.

Participants

Inclusion criteria included patients who were (1) aged ≥18 years on admission; (2) admitted between January 2014 and December 2018, and (3) diagnosed with HAPIs (cases) or with no HAPIs (controls) during hospitalisation in the HAPIs study, and confirmed with CAPIs (cases) or with no PIs (controls) on admission in the CAPIs study. The exclusion criteria were as follows: (1) admitted for childbirth, psychiatric reasons or rehabilitation; (2) admitted for observation; (3) transferred from another hospital and (4) confirmed

SUBMITTER: Ding L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9016407 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature