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Predictive Value of Positive Result (PVP)<br />

(TP/TP+FP) across a range of scores<br />

Levels of Risk Score Ranges Approximate PVP<br />

Mild Risk 15-18 30-60%<br />

Moderate Risk 13-14 50-75%<br />

High Risk 10-12 60-90%<br />

Very High Risk 9 and below 100%<br />

Figure 1<br />

All At-Risk Patients Are Not Created<br />

Equal: Analysis of Braden Pressure<br />

Ulcer Risk Scores to Identify Specific<br />

Risks<br />

Tescher, Ann N.; Branda, Megan E.; Byrne,<br />

T. J. O; Naessens, James M.<br />

Journal of Wound Ostomy & Continence<br />

Nursing. 39(3):282-291, May/June 2012.<br />

doi: 10.1097/WON.0b013e3182435715<br />

FIGURE 1. Braden Scale score values.<br />

aPercentages represent the percent of<br />

patients with the given score that<br />

developed a pressure ulcer.<br />

Copyright © 2012 Journal of Wound Ostomy & Continence Nursing. Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 12<br />

8/7/2012<br />

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