Leveraging Swift Medical’s data, a point-prevalence analysis was conducted over five years on skin tears in skilled nursing facilities, to better understand time to heal and explore the frequency of commonly used treatments and cleansing solutions. Data from 188,675 skin tears in patients aged 20 years of age or older were included.
Big data sets provide insight into current wound prevalence and practice patterns. The study found that the prevalence of skin tears increased with age and the median healing time ranged from 15-27 days, based on skin tear classification.
