All stroke patients who were staying in the neurology
and intensive care unit/cardiovascular care unit (ICU/CVCU) wards on the day of the measurement This public, Rural hospital is managed and supervised by the
District government and has 145 beds in total, with 7 beds in the ICU and 39 in neurological wards. All stroke patients present on the day of the measurement were included. The European
Pressure Ulcer Prevalence Study Minimum Data Set and the Dutch National Prevalence Measurement of
Care Problems (Landelijke Prevalentiemeting Zorgproblemen, LPZ) questionnaire were used.