Corrigendum to “The relationship between pressure injuries and ultrasonographically measured rectus femoris muscle thickness” [J. Tissue Viability 33 (2024) 60–66]

Aim

Pressure injuries (PI) are an important quality indicator in healthcare, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between PIs and ultrasonographic muscle mass measurements.

Materials and methods

This study was conducted prospectively between May 2022 and August 2022. The ultrasonography method was used for muscle mass measurement. The presence of PIs was assessed according to the PI classification system of the EPUAP (European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel), (NPIAP) National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel & PPPIA (Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance).The demographics, age, sex, history of previous hospitalization, the place where patients are admitted (home/other service/intensive care unit), length of hospitalization, presence of a urinary catheter, diaper usage, and presence of tracheostomy were recorded.

Results

Of the included 50 patients (mean age: 77.2 ± 9.7 (48–92), female: 56%), 42% had PIs, mostly staged 2 in the sacrum. The patients with PIs had significantly more urinary catheter and diaper usage, lower albumin levels, and reduced rectus femoris muscle thickness (RF MT) and rectus femoris cross-sectional area (RF CSA) values (p = 0.014, 0.018, 0.016, 0.018, and 0.042, respectively). In multivariate logistic regression analysis, RF MT was found independently associated with the PIs (p = 0.048).

Conclusion

Pressure injuries are more common in patients cared for in palliative care settings than in the general population and severely affect the quality of life. We found an independent relationship between PIs and RF MT. We consider that ultrasonographic muscle mass assessment may be a useful predictor of PIs.