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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Wound Care Epidemiology
  • Healthcare Management

Background:

  • Wounds represent a significant healthcare challenge with substantial personal, clinical, and economic consequences.
  • Understanding the prevalence and risk factors of compromised wounds is crucial for effective healthcare planning and intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the prevalence of compromised wounds across various Canadian healthcare settings.
  • To identify key risk factors associated with the occurrence of compromised wounds.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from Canadian hospitals, home care, hospital-based continuing care, and long-term care facilities for fiscal year 2011-2012.
  • Defined and analyzed compromised wounds by type and healthcare setting.
  • Evaluated risk factors including diabetes, circulatory disease, and age.

Main Results:

  • Compromised wounds were found in nearly 4% of acute hospitalizations, over 7% of home care clients, nearly 10% of long-term care clients, and almost 30% of hospital-based continuing care clients.
  • Patients with diabetes exhibited a significantly higher likelihood of having a compromised wound compared to those without diabetes.
  • Circulatory disease and advanced age were also identified as contributing risk factors.

Conclusions:

  • Compromised wounds are a prevalent issue across diverse Canadian healthcare settings, with higher rates in continuing care and long-term care populations.
  • Diabetes is a major risk factor, underscoring the need for targeted wound prevention and management strategies in diabetic patients.
  • Further research into wound prevention and management across different care settings is warranted.