A number of host factors may contribute to pressure ulcer development including immobility, incontinence, nutritional status, circulatory factors, ... The Norton scale (table 1) ...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To compare the predictive value of two pressure ulcer risk assessment scales (Braden and Norton) and of clinical judgement. To evaluate the impact of effective preventive ...

The Braden had the best AUC, 33 but poor construct validity in terms of stage of first pressure ulcer (r=0.03) and conflicting concurrent validity with the Norton (r=0.48) and Waterlow (r=−0.06 ...

Pressure ulcers have been estimated to cost the NHS £1.4-2.1bn per annum (Bennet et al, 2004) and this cost ... One of the earliest pioneers in the 1970s and 1980s of a tool to assist this process was ...

Only experienced nurses should conduct pressure ulcer risk assessments, a review of the most commonly-used risk assessment scales has concluded. The Norton, Waterlow and Braden scales were found to ...

Professor Johnson said that, before Ms Norton's paper, bedsores or pressure ulcers were a major killer of hospital patients and nothing seemed to help. "If one had a bedsore on the sacrum (at the base ...