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Table 4 interRAI PURS Performance Among Ontario Long-Term Care Home Residents with No Pressure Ulcer at Baseline

From: Development of the interRAI Pressure Ulcer Risk Scale (PURS) for use in long-term care and home care settings

interRAI PURS

Score

Proportion of residents

at baseline

Pressure ulcer rate

at reassessment

Odds ratio,

95% confidence

0

18.9%

0.8%

Reference

1

22.3%

2.0%

2.53 (1.53, 4.16)

2

17.9%

3.3%

4.21 (2.59, 6.83)

3

24.0%

5.4%

7.11 (4.50, 11.23)

4

10.1%

9.0%

12.28 (7.65, 19.72)

5

4.7%

9.9%

13.62 (8.01, 23.14)

6

1.8%

14.2%

20.53 (11.09, 38.01)

7-8

0.3%

21.1%

33.11 (10.14, 108.13)