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    Skin Tear Prediction in the Elderly: A Cohort Study

    Rayner R 2017.pdf (3.262Mb)
    Access Status
    Open access
    Authors
    Rayner, Robyn Louise
    Date
    2017
    Supervisor
    Dr Keryln Carville
    Type
    Thesis
    Award
    PhD
    
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    Faculty
    Health Sciences
    School
    School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65989
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    Abstract

    Skin tears are common wounds found amongst older adults. A 6-month cohort study was conducted to investigate the reliability of non-invasive technologies to objectively quantify ageing skin properties, and to examine risk factors associated with 6-months incidents of skin tears, in an aged care population. Multivariable analysis developed a skin tear model with a receiver operator characteristic curve indicating the model provided very good discrimination for correctly classifying participants with and without skin tears.

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