Instrument Details


AT Service Delivery Area
Instrument Title	PUSH Tool
Author(s)
Year	1998
Version
Current version?	yes
Main category	S&P
Publisher	National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Board
Price	Free
Website (URL)	www.npuap.org
Email address
Mailing address
Author's, vendor's, or publisher's description	The Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH Tool) was developed by the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) as a quick, reliable tool to monitor the change in pressure ulcer status over time. The tool is based on (1) an analysis of research literature to identify the critical parameters commonly used to monitor pressure ulcer healing and (2) a statistical analysis (i.e. principal component analysis) of existing research data bases on pressure ulcer monitoring and (3) a national retrospective validation study. The first draft of the tool was presented at the Fifth National NPUAP Conference in February 1997. Proceedings of the conference were published in Advances in Wound Care, Vol. 10, No. 5, September 1997. Copies of the proceedings can be obtained through Springhouse Corporation (215-646-8700 or http://www.woundcarenet.com).
R2D2 Center library reference number	16
AAC
Assistive listening
Computer access
Electronic aids to daily living (EADL)
Organizers
Mobility
Reading supports
Seating & positioning	yes
Vision access
Writing aupports
Activities of daily living (ADL)
Other
Disability Population
Behavior
Cognitive
Hearing
Physical	yes
Speech
Vision
Other
Age/Program Population
Birth - 5	yes
Elementary	yes
Middle & high School	yes
Vocational	yes
College	yes
Business	yes
Adult home	yes
Tool Format
Checklist
Flowchart
Online
Questionnaire
Rating Scale	yes
Sample based activities
Software based activities
Software based assessment
Survey
Purpose of Assessment Measures (definitions)
Screening
Referral
Comprehensive assessment	yes
Matching person & technology
Acquisition
Implementation
Follow-up	yes
Impact	yes
Outcome

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