High prevalence of skin and wound care of hospitalized elderly in Brazil: a prospective observational study

Table 2 Relation between the essential nursing interventions mapped and the age of elderly patients

Nursing interventions	n	Presence of the intervention	n	Absence of the intervention	p value^a
Nursing interventions	n	Average ± SD	n	Average ± SD	p value^a
Positioning	30	76.7 ± 7.6	45	71.6 ± 7.3	0.004
Bathing (at the bathroom)	37	73.1 ± 7.1	38	74.1 ± 8.4	0.58
Eye care	17	80.1 ± 7.1	58	71.7 ± 6.9	<0.0001
Oral health maintenance	24	78.2 ± 7.4	51	71.5 ± 7.1	0.0003
Skin surveillance	58	74.1 ± 7.7	17	72.1 ± 8.2	0.35
Medication maintenance	46	72.6 ± 6.8	29	75.2 ± 9.0	0.15
Bathing (at the bed)	30	74.1 ± 8.3	45	73.3 ± 7.5	0.68
Intravenous therapy	16	72.9 ± 5.9	59	73.8 ± 8.3	0.69
Lower extremity monitoring	18	73.7 ± 8.2	57	73.6 ± 7.7	0.94
Respiration monitoring	18	73.7 ± 8.2	57	73.6 ± 7.7	0.94