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Table 2 Participant characteristics

From: Development and validation of a new patient-reported outcome measure for patients with pressure ulcers: the PU-QOL instrument

 

             Field test 1

             Field test 2

Characteristics

               Range (Mean, SD)

              Range (Mean, SD)

Age

               24 - 98 (72, 13.5)

             20 - 103 (71.3, 16.5)

Gender

             Total n (%)

              Total n (%)

  Total

              n=227

              n=229

  Male

90 (39.6)

119 (52.0)

  Female

137 (60.4)

110 (48.0)

Ethnicity

  

  White

223 (98.2)

227 (99.1)

  Asian

1 (0.4)

2 (0.9)

  Black/African

2 (0.4)

                0

  Chinese

                0

                0

  Not stated

1 (0.4)

                0

Setting

  

  Hospital (surgery)

99 (43.6)

62 (27.1)

  Hospital (medicine)

21 (9.3)

74 (32.3)

  Community

107 (47.1)

88 (38.4)

PU severity

  

  Category 1

38 (10.6%)

76 (18.1%)

  Category 2

144 (40.2%)

170 (40.5%)

  Category 3/4

153 (42.7%)

170 (40.5%)

  Missing

1 (0.3%)

4 (0.9%)

PU risk classification

  

  Short-term risk

39 (17.2)

36 (15.7)

  Medium to long-term risk

71 (31.3)

87 (38.0)

  On-going long-term risk

116 (51.1)

103 (45.0)

  Missing

1 (0.4)

3 (1.3)

Marital status

  

  Single

59 (26.0)

71 (31.0)

  Married

85 (37.5)

77 (33.6)

  Cohabiting

81 (35.7)

75 (32.8)

  Missing

2 (0.8)

6 (2.6)

Living arrangements

  

  Live alone

84 (37.0)

86 (37.6)

  Cohabit with carer

63 (27.8)

51 (22.3)

  Cohabit with other

61 (26.9)

48 (20.9)

  Missing

19 (8.4)

44 (19.2)

Education

  

  No formal education

129 (56.8)

125 (54.6)

  GCSE or equivalent

39 (17.2)

40 (17.5)

  A-Level or equivalent

25 (11.0)

16 (6.9)

  Degree or higher

15 (6.6)

21 (9.2)

  Missing

19 (8.4)

27 (11.8)