Selection of patients
impaired alertness, peripheral neuropathy, painful bone metastases
PRESSURE SORES, PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
We included adult patients, hospitalized in the PCU, with an alertness score ranging from + 1 to − 3 on the Richmond scale [Patients with painful bone metastases in the feet, plantar pressure sores, symptomatic distal peripheral neuropathy of the lower limbs, amputation of one or both feet, impaired alertness, and patients who refused to participate, were confused, or under legal protection were not eligible for inclusion.