TY - JOUR AU - Poss, Jeff AU - Murphy, Katharine M. AU - Woodbury, M. Gail AU - Orsted, Heather AU - Stevenson, Kimberly AU - Williams, Gail AU - MacAlpine, Shirley AU - Curtin-Telegdi, Nancy AU - Hirdes, John P. PY - 2010 DA - 2010/09/20 TI - Development of the interRAI Pressure Ulcer Risk Scale (PURS) for use in long-term care and home care settings JO - BMC Geriatrics SP - 67 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - In long-term care (LTC) homes in the province of Ontario, implementation of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment and The Braden Scale for predicting pressure ulcer risk were occurring simultaneously. The purpose of this study was, using available data sources, to develop a bedside MDS-based scale to identify individuals under care at various levels of risk for developing pressure ulcers in order to facilitate targeting risk factors for prevention. SN - 1471-2318 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-10-67 DO - 10.1186/1471-2318-10-67 ID - Poss2010 ER -