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Accurate staging of pressure injuries is essential for guiding nursing interventions; however, conventional visual assessment is highly dependent on individual experience and often shows limited consistency.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the intensive care units (ICUs) of tertiary hospitals. A smartphone-based application integrating wound image acquisition and intelligent assisted staging was developed. Pressure injury images were collected by trained nurses following a standardized protocol. Each injury was independently staged by a wound, ostomy, and continence nurse (WOCN), and a consensus reference standard was established. The staging results generated by the application were compared with expert consensus using an agreement analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 52 patients with 269 pressure injuries ranging from Stage 1 to Stage 4 were included in the study. To assess the consistency of expert-based staging, the weighted kappa value was calculated. The results showed that the weighted kappa value between the two WOCNs was 0.872 (95% CI: 0.698\u20130.944,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;\u202f0.001), indicating a high level of agreement between the expert assessments. Further comparison of the mobile health application and the expert consensus revealed that the inter-rater agreement coefficient between the iOS version of the application and expert consensus was 0.769 (95% CI: 0.632\u20130.906,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;\u202f0.001), while the inter-rater agreement coefficient between the Android version and expert consensus was 0.821 (95% CI: 0.698\u20130.944,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;\u202f0.001), both showing substantial agreement. The classification consistency for each stage of pressure injuries ranged from 76.9 to 84.6%. Additionally, the inter-rater agreement between the registered nurse and the mobile health application for wound length, width, and area measurements was good (range: 0.843\u20130.914,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;\u202f0.001). The intra-rater reliability measurements for wound length, width, and area in both the iOS and Android systems were excellent (iOS range: 0.952\u20130.986, Android range: 0.959\u20130.975,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt;\u202f0.001).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The application was easy to operate and was well accepted by nursing staff. This study provides preliminary evidence that a mobile health application can serve as a feasible and objective adjunct tool for pressure injury staging, supporting more standardized and consistent nursing assessments.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmed.2026.1820690","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,28]],"date-time":"2026-05-28T04:58:56Z","timestamp":1779944336000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Development and preliminary clinical validation of a mobile health application for pressure injury staging in ICU patients"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Han","family":"Sheng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pain, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University","place":["Jiaxing, 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