STAR: A consensus for skin tear classification.

Until now the Payne-Martin Classification System for Skin Tears has been the only skin tear classification system reported in the literature. Considering that the development of this taxonomy began over twenty years ago, it is rather puzzling that it has been poorly utilised in Australia. especia...

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Main Authors: Carville, Keryln, Lewin, Gill, Newall, Nelly, Haslehurst, P., Michael, Rene, Santamaria, Nick, Roberts, Pamela
Format: Journal Article
Published: Cambridge Publishing 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22957
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author Carville, Keryln
Lewin, Gill
Newall, Nelly
Haslehurst, P.
Michael, Rene
Santamaria, Nick
Roberts, Pamela
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Lewin, Gill
Newall, Nelly
Haslehurst, P.
Michael, Rene
Santamaria, Nick
Roberts, Pamela
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description Until now the Payne-Martin Classification System for Skin Tears has been the only skin tear classification system reported in the literature. Considering that the development of this taxonomy began over twenty years ago, it is rather puzzling that it has been poorly utilised in Australia. especially in light of the fact that skin tears are perceived to be common wounds amongst frail older or disabled persons 1, 2, 3 and their prevalence can be expected to escalate in line with our ageing population. Stage one of the Skin Tear Audit Research (STAR) study aimed to gain a consensus from Australian nurse experts in wound management on a classification system for skin tears and to test the reliability of the resulting classification system. This paper reports on the processes undertaken to achieve a consensus, the STAR Skin Tear Classification System that resulted, and the reliability testingthat it underwent.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-229572017-01-30T12:34:41Z STAR: A consensus for skin tear classification. Carville, Keryln Lewin, Gill Newall, Nelly Haslehurst, P. Michael, Rene Santamaria, Nick Roberts, Pamela Until now the Payne-Martin Classification System for Skin Tears has been the only skin tear classification system reported in the literature. Considering that the development of this taxonomy began over twenty years ago, it is rather puzzling that it has been poorly utilised in Australia. especially in light of the fact that skin tears are perceived to be common wounds amongst frail older or disabled persons 1, 2, 3 and their prevalence can be expected to escalate in line with our ageing population. Stage one of the Skin Tear Audit Research (STAR) study aimed to gain a consensus from Australian nurse experts in wound management on a classification system for skin tears and to test the reliability of the resulting classification system. This paper reports on the processes undertaken to achieve a consensus, the STAR Skin Tear Classification System that resulted, and the reliability testingthat it underwent. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22957 Cambridge Publishing fulltext
spellingShingle Carville, Keryln
Lewin, Gill
Newall, Nelly
Haslehurst, P.
Michael, Rene
Santamaria, Nick
Roberts, Pamela
STAR: A consensus for skin tear classification.
title STAR: A consensus for skin tear classification.
title_full STAR: A consensus for skin tear classification.
title_fullStr STAR: A consensus for skin tear classification.
title_full_unstemmed STAR: A consensus for skin tear classification.
title_short STAR: A consensus for skin tear classification.
title_sort star: a consensus for skin tear classification.
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22957