Open AccessDecubitus ulcer development: An investigation on its effect and evidence in home care patients
Author(s) -
Sevgi Seyhan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_85_18
Subject(s) - medicine , malnutrition , depression (economics) , logistic regression , affect (linguistics) , activities of daily living , gerontology , physical therapy , intensive care medicine , linguistics , philosophy , economics , macroeconomics
Decubitus ulcer (DU) is one of the commonly observed health problems among home care patients. As well as deteriorating social, physical, and psychological conditions of the patients, it is a cause of severe economic loss due to long-term bed occupancy and high care costs. This study aimed to examine the factors which affect the development of decubitus ulcer among home care patients and provide extensive data to the literature.