1.2 Statement of the problem
“World stop pressure ulcer day report in 2014 showed as nearly 700,000 patients was affected by pressure ulcers every year. Around 186,617 patients develop a new pressure ulcer in acute care each year. This has shown that in the year January 2012 to December 2013 between 4 and 6% of patients in acute care settings and more than 5–10% of patients in non-acute care had pressure ulcers. Pressure ulcers were accountable for 2% of preventable deaths [16]. According to 2014 Coloplast pressure ulcer summit report, 60,000 people died globally as a result of the complications of pressure ulcer [17]. Pressure ulcers resulted in 29,000 deaths worldwide in 2013 up from 14,000 deaths in 1990 [18].
“World stop pressure ulcer day report in 2014 showed as nearly 700,000 patients was affected by pressure ulcers every year. Around 186,617 patients develop a new pressure ulcer in acute care each year. This has shown that in the year January 2012 to December 2013 between 4 and 6% of patients in acute care settings and more than 5–10% of patients in non-acute care had pressure ulcers. Pressure ulcers were accountable for 2% of preventable deaths [16]. According to 2014 Coloplast pressure ulcer summit report, 60,000 people died globally as a result of the complications of pressure ulcer [17]. Pressure ulcers resulted in 29,000 deaths worldwide in 2013 up from 14,000 deaths in 1990 [18].