Friction and shear highly associated with pressure ulcers of residents in long‐term care – Classification Tree Analysis (CHAID) of Braden items

Abstract

CHAID analyses have shown that all items of the Braden scale are not equally important. For residents in long-term care facilities in Germany, the existence of 'friction and shear' as a potential and especially as a manifest problem has had the strongest association with pressure ulcer prevalence.