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Prevalence of acute and chronic wounds – with emphasis on pressure ulcers – in integrated continuing care units in Alentejo, Portugal

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Médicas
datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
dc.contributor.authorFurtado, Kátia A. X.
dc.contributor.authorInfante, Paulo
dc.contributor.authorSobral, Ana
dc.contributor.authorGaspar, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorEliseu, Graça
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Manuel
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-04T15:34:39Z
dc.date.available2025-09-04T15:34:39Z
dc.date.issued2020-08
dc.description.abstractThe aim of the study was to describe the prevalence and general characteristics of acute and chronic wounds in 2018 in Alentejo (Portugal) continuing care units. In order to look at associations, wound characteristics studied were location, type, place of acquisition, number, and duration, and patient characteristics were sex, age, and presence of risk factors. During the first 2 weeks of February 2018, a total of 770 patients were assessed at continuing care units of Alentejo. Of these, 135 exhibited wounds, a prevalence of 17.5%. Almost two out of three patients (63%) had arterial hypertension, slightly more than one in three (37%) had a stroke and/or immobility and 30% had diabetes. Of the total wounds identified, 18% were acute wounds and 82% were chronic wounds. Of the 24 acute wounds, traumatic wounds (76%), and surgical wounds (22%) were the most prevalent. The four types of pressure ulcers represented 80% of the chronic wounds. The median duration of the pressure ulcers was 5.5 months and 25% had duration over 10 months.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study could not have been undertaken without the support of patients and nurses who collected data at participating units and the authors thank both groups for their contribution to the research.
dc.identifier.citationFurtado KAX, Infante P, Sobral A, Gaspar P, Eliseu G, Lopes M. Prevalence of acute and chronic wounds – with emphasis on pressure ulcers – in integrated continuing care units in Alentejo, Portugal. Int Wound J. 2020; 17: 1002–1010. https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13364.
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/iwj.13364
dc.identifier.eissn1742-481X
dc.identifier.issn1742-4801
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/13987
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/iwj.13364
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Wound Journal
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectchronic wounds
dc.subjectcontinuing care units
dc.subjectpressure ulcer
dc.subjectprevalence
dc.titlePrevalence of acute and chronic wounds – with emphasis on pressure ulcers – in integrated continuing care units in Alentejo, Portugaleng
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.startPage1002
oaire.citation.titleInternational Wound Journal
oaire.citation.volume17
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