Pressure Injury Risk Assessment Scales for Adult Patients

Pressure injuries are preventable health care problems that threaten patient safety. complications related to pressure injury lead to prolonged length of hospital stay, increased health care costs, workload and mortality. therefore, it is important to prevent the pressure injuries before developing. the first step in preventing pressure injuries is risk assessment. risk assessment should be done with appropriate to the patient population, valid and reliable risk assessment tools. thus risk factors that can cause pressure injuries, can be identified and interventions to prevent them can be planned. so in this review, it is aimed to share the areas of use, validity and reliability of the pressure injury risk assessment tools used in adult patients.