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Development and preliminary clinical validation of a mobile health application for pressure injury staging in ICU patients

  • By

  • Han Sheng

  • Chen Hu

  • Danying Zhang

  • Zhihong Zhu

  • Dong Xu

  • May 28, 2026

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    Pressure injuries are prevalent in critically ill patients, leading to poor outcomes and increased healthcare costs.

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    A smartphone application was developed for staging pressure injuries, integrating image acquisition and intelligent staging.

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    The study included 52 patients with 269 pressure injuries, showing high agreement between expert assessments and the application.

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    Inter-rater agreement coefficients for the application ranged from 0.769 to 0.821, indicating substantial consistency with expert consensus.

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    The application was well accepted by nursing staff and demonstrated excellent intra-rater reliability for wound measurements.

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Development and preliminary clinical validation of a mobile health application for pressure injury staging in ICU patients

  • by Han Sheng, Chen Hu, Danying Zhang, Zhihong Zhu, Dong Xu

  • May 28, 2026

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