Predictive risk scales for development of pressure ulcers in pediatric patients admitted to general ward and intensive care unit

Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants (first stage of the study, May 2017-August 2017)

Characteristic	Intensive care unit (n = 28)	General pediatric ward (n = 314)
Age (mo)	78.3 ± 15.3	56.7 ± 19.4
Male, n	13 (46.4%)	197 (62.7%)
Waterlow scale score	10.9 ± 6.0	4.6 ± 2.7
Braden Q scale score	17.8 ± 4.3	24.6 ± 3.5
Glamorgan scale score	26.9 ± 5.6	7.5 ± 9.2
Patients with squeezing or rubbing of the skin, n	28 (100%)	57 (18.2%)
Patients with pain at admission, n	8 (28.6%)	11 (3.5%)
Patients with mechanical ventilation, n	19 (67.9%)	7 (2.3%)
Patients with blood tumor, n	18 (64.3%)	133 (42.4%)
Death, n	4 (14.2%)	1 (0.3%)

Data are presented as the mean ± SD.