The Norton score and pressure sore prevention: Critique II

The prevention and management of pressure sores presents enormous challenges to health professionals, particularly those working in specialties such as elderly care or spinal Injuries. Bringing together the findings of three investigations and offering practical guidance to nursing colleagues, this frequently quoted study has become established as a key contribution to pressure area care. Certainly the work displays great foresight and conviction that something could, and indeed should, be done about pressure area care. Given the importance attached to this work, however, it is of concern that a number of methodological and analytical oversights cast doubt on the validity of the conclusions.