השוואת שיטות

	סולם נורטון	סולם תלות בטיפול
תחום	סיעוד	סיעוד
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1962	2000
הוגה השיטה	Doreen Norton, Rhonda McLaren, and A. N. Exton-Smith	Atie Dijkstra and colleagues
סוג	Risk assessment scale	Assessment scale
מקור מכונן	Norton, D., McLaren, R., & Exton-Smith, A. N. (1962). An investigation of geriatric nursing problems in hospital. National Corporation for the Care of Old People, London.	Dijkstra, A., Buist, G., Dassen, T., & Frijlink, M. (2000). Diagnostics: The Care Dependency Scale. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 14(3), 229-234.
כינויים	Norton Pressure Sore Risk Scale, NPSRS	CDS, Dependency Assessment, Nursing Care Level, Acuity Score
קשורות	4	4
תקציר	The Norton Scale is a pioneering risk assessment tool developed by Doreen Norton and colleagues in 1962 to identify hospitalized patients at risk of developing pressure sores. As one of the earliest standardized pressure ulcer risk assessment instruments, the Norton Scale predates and influenced many later tools including the widely used Braden Scale. It remains relevant in clinical practice, particularly in geriatric and long-term care settings.	The Care Dependency Scale (CDS) is a comprehensive assessment tool that measures the degree of care dependency in patients by evaluating their ability to perform activities of daily living and manage their health conditions independently. Developed by Atie Dijkstra and colleagues, the CDS focuses on physical independence and social engagement, providing a quantitative measure of nursing workload and care requirements. It is particularly useful in long-term care, rehabilitation, and geriatric settings.