Wound prevalence in community care settings in Ireland ranges from 2.7% in prisons to 33.5% in intellectual disability services, with pressure ulcers, leg ulcers, self-inflicted abrasions and surgical wounds the most common
- Correspondence to Michael Clark
Welsh Wound Network, 210 Capella House, Cardiff CF10 4RE, UK; michael.clark21{at}btopenworld.com
McDermott-Scales and colleagues report a communitybased point prevalence survey of chronic and acute wounds conducted in 2007 within an unspecified geographical area in Ireland. This is one of a growing number of population-based wound prevalence surveys,1 2 although it may be unique in that it includes only community care locations rather than a mix of acute and community services. The study provides data obtained within addiction and prison services previously unreported in other surveys.
The survey was based on reporting of wounds by 148 nurses invited to participate (responses from 144, …
