Author(s)

Ling Liu#, Chunhua Wang#, Lianghong Yin, Jiayi Wang, Hong Yang, Yingxue Zhong^*, Zhiwei Mou^*, Yu Chen^*

Nephrology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.

Objective: This paper aims to explore clinical status and related influence factors of pressure injury (PI) in the elderly inpatients with kidney disease, so as to provide reference for the prevention and treatment of PI in the elderly inpatients with kidney disease. Methods: Retrospective collection method is adopted to collect 158 clinical cases of the elderly inpatients with kidney disease aged ≥ 60 in the Nephrology Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University from January 2017 to December 2019, and then least absolute shrinkage and selection Operator (LASSO) regression analysis is used to analyze 17 possible influence factors; finally Logistic regression model is established to analyze and screen influence factors of risk. Results: 1) Among 158 elderly inpatients with medium and high risk of PI, the incidence of PI is 20.25%; the most common stage of injury is stage I (42.5%); sacrococcygeal (60%) is the high-risk site of pressure injury. 2) LASSO regression analysis shows that history of present respiratory infection/respiratory failure (β = 1.2714. P < 0.05) and hospitalization time (β = 0.4177. P < 0.05) are independent factors influencing PI risk in the elderly inpatients with kidney disease. Conclusion: The elderly patients with kidney disease and PI risk are the high incidence population of hospital acquired PI; for the elderly inpatients with kidney disease and having respiratory infection history or respiratory failure, prolonged hospitalization will significantly increase the risk of PI. Therefore, targeted preventive and control measures should be taken to reduce the incidence of PI.

Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator, The Elderly Inpatients with Kidney Disease, Pressure Injury, Influence Factors, Nursing

Liu#, L. , Wang#, C. , Yin, L. , Wang, J. , Yang, H. , Zhong, Y. , Mou, Z. and Chen, Y. (2020) Study on Influence Factors of Pressure Injury Risk in the Elderly Inpatients with Kidney Disease Based on LASSO Regression. Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, 10, 95-107. doi: 10.4236/ojpm.2020.106007.