Prevalence And Associated Factors Of Pressure Ulcer Among Hospitalized Adults At Debre Markos Referral Hospital East Gojjam Zone Ethiopia 2016

Background: Pressure ulcers (PUs) occur frequently in hospitalized, community-rndwelling and nursing home older adults, and serious problems that can lead to sepsis orrndeath. Pressure ulcers are additional co-morbid threat / conditions encountered inrnhospitalized patients or those requiring long-term institutional care.rnObjective:rnTo assess prevalence and associated factors of pressure ulcer amongrnhospitalized adults at Debre Markos referral hospital, East Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia, 2016.rnMethod: Institution- based, cross-sectional quantitative study design was conducted on arnrepresentative sample of 236 hospitalized adults in the study area from February 15/2016rnto April 15/2016. Statistical software, Epi data version 3.1 and SPSS version 23 werernused. Univariate, Bivariate and Multivariate logistic regression models were usedrnidentifying the association; degree of association was interpreted by using ORs with 95%rnconfidence intervals and P-value

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