Dressings prescribed at the time of initial presentation
| Category of PU | Percentage of patients who were treated with the following dressings for their initial treatment | |||||||||
| Soft polymer (%) | Foam (%) | Unspecified (%) | Antimicrobial (%) | Hydrocolloid (%) | Absorbent (%) | Permeable (%) | Alginate (%) | Hydrogel (%) | Low adherence (%) | |
| 1 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | 53 | 20 | 33 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 38 | 32 | 34 | 28 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| 4 | 40 | 45 | 30 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Unstageable | 28 | 44 | 24 | 40 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 4 |
PU, pressure ulcer.