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EPUAP Pressure Ulcer Curriculum: Module 3 – Measuring incidence and prevalence of PUs/PIs How to set up a prevalence and incidence study? 2.4

The last paper describes an incidence study. Please, read the following paper:

Independent risk factors for pressure ulcer development in a high-risk nursing home population receiving evidence-based pressure ulcer prevention: Results from a study in 26 nursing homes in Belgium

Anrys C, Van Tiggelen H, Verhaeghe S, Van Hecke A, Beeckman D. Independent risk factors for pressure ulcer development in a high-risk nursing home population receiving evidence-based pressure ulcer prevention: Results from a study in 26 nursing homes in Belgium. Int Wound J. 2019 Apr;16(2):325-333. doi: 10.1111/iwj.13032. Epub 2018 Nov 9. PMID: 30412652; PMCID: PMC7949181.

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