Incidence and Predictors of Pressure Ulcers among Adult Patients in Intensive Care Units at Arba Minch and Jinka Hospitals, Southern Ethiopia

Table 2

Prognostic and therapeutic variables of the pressure ulcer among adult patients admitted to intensive care units at Arba Minch and Jinka Hospitals, Southern Ethiopia, 2021/22.

Variable	Category	Survival status
		Censored (%)	PU (%)	Total (%)
Frequent positioning	No	26 (12.04)	9 (4.16)	35 (16.2)
	Yes	165 (73.39)	16 (7.41)	181 (83.8)
Friction or shearing forces	No	185 (85.65)	7 (3.24)	192 (88.89)
	Yes	6 (2.78)	18 (8.33)	24 (11.11)
Incontinence (fecal or/and urine)	No	136 (62.96)	19 (8.8)	155 (71.76)
	Yes	55 (25.46)	6 (2.78)	61 (28.24)
Pressure-relieving device (at bony prominence areas)	No	138 (63.89)	8 (3.70)	146 (67.59)
	Yes	53 (24.54)	17 (7.87)	70 (32.41)
Vasoactive medications	No	176 (81.86)	25 (11.57)	201 (93.06)
	Yes	15 (6.94)	0 (0)	15 (6.94)

PU: pressure ulcer.