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Table 5 interRAI PURS Distribution and Pressure Ulcer Prevalence in Various Settings, Ontario 2002-7

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

interRAI PURS

Score

Home

Care

Long-Term

Care*

Community Palliative

Care

Acute Hospital

(Alternate Level of Care)

Complex Continuing

Care

0

29.3%

19.0%

14.3%

18.6%

6.3%

1

40.8%

19.9%

30.9%

26.7%

14.1%

2

19.6%

17.0%

29.1%

20.1%

17.6%

3

6.9%

25.1%

14.9%

17.1%

23.7%

4

2.5%

10.7%

7.0%

10.4%

21.9%

5

0.7%

6.0%

1.9%

4.7%

11.5%

6

0.2%

1.6%

1.5%

1.8%

3.8%

7-8

0.1%

0.6%

0.5%

0.7%

1.1%

Proportion with any pressure ulcer

3.8%

8.0%

9.8%

15.5%

27.3%

  1. *cross-sectional sample, differs from baseline/reassessment sample used in scale derivation