Patient/caregiver was educated on risk factors for pressure ulcer development as follows:
- Poor sensory perception: Appropriate sensory perception to touch, pain, and pressure can allow the individuals to have timely changes in position and thus prevent development of pressure ulcers. Individuals with neuropathy and poor sensory perception fail to perform timely position changes, which can increase the risk for skin breakdown, resulting in pressure ulcer development.
- Moisture: Continuous moisture in individuals with excessive perspiration, fecal incontinence, urinary incontinence, and draining wounds can damage the skin. Immobility and bedbound/chair bound status in such individuals can increase the risk for easy skin breakdown and development of pressure ulcers.
