Complementing Braden scale for pressure ulcer risk with clinical and demographic-related factors in a large cohort of hospitalized Italian patients.

Aims: To determine the prevalence, risk, and determinants of pressure ulcer risk in a large cohort of hospitalized patients.

Design: A prospective cross-sectional study with data collection in January 2023.

Methods: Registered nurses collected data from 798 patients admitted to 27 health care units of an Italian hospital.

Preliminary Validation of the Digital Ulcer Clinical Assessment Score in Systemic Sclerosis.

Objective: To date, "healed/non-healed" and clinical judgment are the only available assessment tools for digital ulcers (DU) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). The aim of our study is to examine a preliminary composite DU clinical assessment score (DUCAS) for SSc for face, content, and construct validity.

Methods: Patients with SSc presenting at least 1 finger DU were enrolled and assessed with the Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index, Cochin scale, visual analog scale (VAS) for DU-related pain, patient global DU status, and global assessment as patient-reported outcomes (PRO), and physician VAS for DU status (phyGDU) as an SSc-DU expert physician/nurse measure.

[Prevention of pressure ulcers: retrospective study regarding the effectiveness of an alternate pressure device].

Pressure ulcers are a significant problem in Public Health. A pressure ulcer is a tissutal lesion caused by different mechanisms such as local pressure, rubbing and dampness. Their frequency increases with age, in hypo-mobile patients, both in hospital and domestic environments.