Open-access Responses and accuracy of artificial intelligence systems to prompts on pressure injury management

ABSTRACT

Objective:  To compare the responses and accuracy of different Artificial Intelligences based on a set of prompts for the management of pressure injury.

Method:  A descriptive, comparative study of the responses of Artificial Intelligences, carried out between October and November 2025, in two stages: 1) Study of prompts and 2) Test to obtain the responses. The following were evaluated: Perplexity AI, Grok AI, Blackbox AI, OpenAI ChatGPT-4.0®, Gemini®, and Claude AI, randomly divided into the hybrid prompting and zero-shot groups. The responses were organized in an Excel spreadsheet and analyzed descriptively.

Results:  The overall accuracy of the artificial intelligences was 31.9%. The hybrid prompting group reached 36.1% and the zero-shot obtained 27.7%. The Gemini® AI demonstrated the highest accuracy and ChatGPT-4.0® the worst.

Conclusion:  The accuracy presented indicates that the safest recommendation is the hybrid prompt model, integrating artificial intelligence with human clinical judgment.

DESCRIPTORS:
Generative Artificial Intelligence; Large Language Models; Nursing; Team; Clinical Reasoning; Pressure Ulcer.

HIGHLIGHTS

1. The accuracy of the AIs was compared via prompts on pressure injury.

2. The accuracy of the AIs was 31.9% with 23 correct answers.

3. Hybrid prompting showed higher accuracy than zero-shot.

4. Gemini® showed the highest accuracy for pressure injury management.

RESUMO

Objetivo:  Comparar as respostas e a assertividade de diferentes Inteligências Artificiais a partir de um conjunto de prompts para o manejo da lesão por pressão.

Método:  Estudo descritivo, comparativo, das respostas de Inteligências Artificiais, realizado entre outubro e novembro de 2025, em dois momentos: 1) Estudo de prompts e 2) Teste para obtenção das respostas. Foram avaliadas a Perplexity AI, Grok AI, Blackbox AI, OpenAI ChatGPT-4.0®, Gemini® e Claude AI, divididas aleatoriamente nos grupos hybrid prompting e zero-shot. As respostas foram organizadas em planilha do Excel e analisadas de forma descritiva.

Resultados:  A assertividade geral das inteligências artificiais foi 31,9%. O grupo hybrid prompting alcançou 36,1% e o zero-shot obteve 27,7%. A IA Gemini® demonstrou maior assertividade e o ChatGPT-4.0® a pior.Conclusão: A Assertividade apresentada indica que a recomendação mais segura é o modelo hybrid prompt, integrando inteligência artificial ao julgamento clínico humano.

DESCRITORES:
Inteligência Artificial Generativa; Modelos de Linguagem de Grande Escala; Equipe de Enfermagem; Raciocínio Clínico; Úlcera por Pressão

HIGHLIGHTS

1. Comparou-se a assertividade das IA via prompts sobre lesão por pressão.

2. A assertividade das IA foi de 31,9% com 23 acertos.

3. O hybrid prompting apresentou maior assertividade que o zero-shot.

4. Gemini® apresentou maior assertividade para o manejo da lesão por pressão.

RESUMEN

Objetivo:  Comparar las respuestas y la precisión de diferentes Inteligencias Artificiales a partir de un conjunto de prompts para el manejo de la lesión por presión.

Método:  Estudio descriptivo, comparativo, de las respuestas de Inteligencias Artificiales, realizado entre octubre y noviembre de 2025, en dos momentos: 1) Estudio de prompts y 2) Prueba para la obtención de las respuestas. Se evaluaron Perplexity AI, Grok AI, Blackbox AI, OpenAI ChatGPT-4.0®, Gemini® y Claude AI, divididas aleatoriamente en los grupos hybrid prompting y zero-shot. Las respuestas se organizaron en una planilla de Excel y se analizaron de forma descriptiva.

Resultados:  La precisión general de las inteligencias artificiales fue del 31,9%. El grupo hybrid prompting alcanzó el 36,1% y el zero-shot obtuvo el 27,7%. La IA Gemini® demostró la mayor precisión y el ChatGPT-4.0®, la peor.

Conclusión:  La precisión presentada indica que la recomendación más segura es el modelo hybrid prompting, integrando la inteligencia artificial en el juicio clínico humano.

DESCRIPTORES:
Inteligencia Artificial Generativa; Grandes Modelos de Lenguaje; Grupo de Enfermería; Razonamiento Clínico; Úlcera por Presión.

HIGHLIGHTS

1. Se comparó la precisión de las IA mediante prompts sobre lesión por presión.

2. La precisión de las IA fue del 31,9% con 23 aciertos.

3. El hybrid prompting presentó mayor precisión que el zero-shot.

4. Gemini® presentó mayor precisión para el manejo de la lesión por presión.

INTRODUCTION

Pressure injuries (PI) are a frequent and global complication, with a prevalence that can reach 72.5%, varying according to the context1. Since 2013, the Patients for Patient Safety program has included the reduction of PI as its sixth goal, reinforcing the importance of measures that improve care and promote patient safety2.

The National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP) defines PI as localized damage to the skin or underlying tissue, usually over bony prominences or areas subjected to pressure, shear, or chemical, physical, and biological factors3. They are classified into stages ranging from one (non-blanchable erythema) to four (full-thickness tissue loss with exposure of deep structures), in addition to unstageable injury, deep tissue injury, medical device-related injury, and mucosal membrane injury4.

The occurrence of PI in institutionalized patients has been associated with care failures, such as inadequate repositioning, absence of physical examination, shortage of human and material resources, as well as insufficient mastery of dressings, wound care, and new technologies2. Scientific updating, combined with the nurse’s technical skill, is essential for the appropriate choice of dressing, contributing to the quality of care and the prevention of complications3.

Health technology has expanded in recent decades, with emphasis on Artificial Intelligence (AI), capable of rapidly processing large volumes of data and supporting personalized decisions5. The growing integration of AI into health services indicates a trend toward expanded use, making it essential to recognize its potential to enhance knowledge and practices. In this scenario of accelerated transformation, discussing the advantages and limitations of these models strengthens a critical stance toward the use of AI in health care6.

In health care, AI has been introduced mainly as a tool to support clinical decision-making in complex situations, such as the identification of risk factors, prognosis definition, and the diagnostic accuracy of PI7. A German study reported the use of AI by nurses for the recognition, classification, reduction, prediction, and risk stratification of PI, highlighting its high degree of specificity8, showing that AI not only complements routine clinical practices but also demonstrates its applicability in complex health scenarios.

Two main AI models are described: predictive AI, aimed at predicting outcomes from algorithms fed by large volumes of data; and generative AI, which articulates algorithms capable of creating content, including text, images, audio, among others9. Large Language Models (LLM) are AI systems trained with large volumes of data to recognize patterns and generate responses in natural language. When optimized through structured approaches, such as integration with knowledge bases and clinical guidelines, LLMs can show superior performance and alignment with guidelines and recommendations, including in the nursing context10-11. Chatbots (interaction spaces) powered by generative AI are consolidating themselves as a support resource, offering personalized responses to users6.

AI can develop personalized recommendations and approaches considering the patient’s therapeutic scenario; however, these are responses given from commands called prompts and sophisticated algorithms. It also makes it possible to identify clinical patterns by analyzing extensive datasets9, providing real-time information. Nevertheless, it should be noted that even the most refined models may not capture the full complexity of professionals’ clinical expertise in the management of pressure injuries or chronic wounds10-11.

The integration of this technology into nursing practice requires a cautious and conscious approach by the professional, and it is essential that its use reflects its potential benefits, limitations, and risks to patient safety6. However, the use of AI should be understood as a support tool, and not as a substitute for clinical judgment and professional decision-making, and should be used to enhance care5,10-11.

In this sense, the literature points to the need to train AI with a large volume of data, such as the LLMs; however, in care practice the professional uses the most accessible tool, without inserting structured data. Thus, there is a knowledge gap that needs to be filled in order to understand how these AIs behave when this is not done beforehand. The use of AI in everyday practice, therefore, must be combined with methodological rigor, the use of reliable data, and the requested prompt, ensuring its reliability and use as a facilitating resource in the management of PI, assisting in the choice of the most appropriate dressing and contributing to the integrity of the patient’s skin.

Therefore, the objective of this study is to compare the responses and accuracy of different Artificial Intelligences from a set of prompts for the management of pressure injury.

METHOD

A descriptive and comparative study of the responses of Artificial Intelligences based on a set of prompts, carried out between October and November 2025, in two stages: 1) Study of prompts and 2) Test to obtain the AI responses.

The following AIs were used: Perplexity AI, Grok AI, Blackbox AI, OpenAI ChatGPT-4.0®, Gemini®, and Claude AI. The AIs were selected because they offer platforms whose terms of use allow the submission and analysis of PI images, in addition to free indexing. The AIs Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek, and Meta AI were excluded because they do not read images according to their terms of use.

The AIs were randomly divided into two groups: the hybrid prompting model, articulating different techniques (few-shot, role-prompting, chain-of-thought, and chain-of-verification), and the zero-shot model of prompt engineering12. According to the Pan American Health Organization, the term prompt refers to the instructions provided to an AI system, with a brief question or detailed request, which specifies the tone, context, format, and desired objective, whose clarity and contextual grounding directly influence the quality of the generated response13.

The hybrid prompting and zero-shot techniques were chosen, seeking to address, in a detailed and contextualized manner, the AI response to the nurse’s decision-making needs for the management of PI and, based on their potential, to achieve precision and reliability in the responses14.

The hybrid prompting technique integrates different prompt techniques, combining strengths to improve performance with more precise responses aligned with the objectives, which requires more complex instructions15. The combination occurs through few-shot, which provides examples to guide response patterns14; role prompting, which assigns a specific role to the model; chain-of-thought, which leads it to make its step-by-step reasoning explicit14; and chain-of-verification, structured in four stages: baseline response, verification plan, checks, and final response, increasing rigor and reliability16. The zero-shot strategy, in turn, consists of obtaining a response from a single initial command, without offering prior examples or additional information14.

For data collection, which took place over two days in November 2025, each model was fed a previously selected image, corresponding to an unstageable PI according to the NPIAP consensus (Figure 1), inserted directly into the AIs using accounts (email and login) created exclusively for the study, in order to minimize biases arising from previous prompts in the individual user profile. The generated responses were recorded in the project profile and saved as a digital file through screenshots.

Figure 1
Image of unstageable pressure injury selected by the study team. Rio das Ostras, RJ, Brazil, 2025 Source: Feridas Crônicas - Recurso Educacional sobre Prevenção e Manejo da Lesão por Pressão (2020)17.

The unstageable PI is characterized by full-thickness skin loss, whose actual depth and extent cannot be measured due to coverage by necrotic or devitalized tissue. Only after its removal does complete assessment become possible, generally revealing a stage 3 or 4 PI18-19.

The randomization by drawing lots occurred before feeding the AI with the image, in a process in which a member of the research team wrote the names of the AIs on pieces of paper and placed them in a box. The drawing began with the hybrid prompting group and, after the first, the groups were alternated until the drawing was completed.

The group that received the zero-shot prompt was composed of Perplexity AI, Grok AI, and Blackbox AI, which received the following instruction: “Answer the following instrument based on the image.” The aforementioned instrument was developed for this study and consists of 12 items written in the format of statements (Figure 2). The types of dressing listed in the checklist were defined based on the most frequent options used by nurses, according to the literature18-20.

Figure 2
Instrument developed for the AI group with zero-shot prompt. Rio das Ostras, RJ, Brazil, 2025 Source: The authors (2025).

The group composed of the AIs OpenAI ChatGPT-4.0®, Gemini®, and Claude AI received the hybrid prompting technique, with the prompt created for this study: “You are a nurse specialized in wound dressings with experience in the assessment, classification, and management of pressure injuries. Your target audience is a patient presenting an integumentary lesion. Your objective, based on the attached image, is to classify the pressure injury, identify affected structures and tissues present, identify whether exudate is present, indicate how to perform the cleansing of this lesion, indicate the primary and secondary dressing, and recommend the frequency of dressing changes. The response format must be structured text, with an informative, professional, and concise tone. If the image is insufficient for a safe decision, explicitly state the limitations and describe which additional clinical data are necessary (e.g., vital signs, comorbidities, signs of infection, and exudate). Always use “suggestion”-type language when there is uncertainty and avoid stating a definitive medical diagnosis. To reach the conclusion, present the reasoning step by step and list the checks performed (at least 3), for example: correspondence with classification criteria, verification of signs of infection, compatibility of the dressing with the exudate, and verification of risks of maceration or trauma.”

The expected responses, considering both prompts, were defined based on the updated literature18-19,21-22 on the subject and are presented in Chart 1.

Chart 1
Expected AI responses on the management of PI. Rio das Ostras, RJ, Brazil, 2025

The responses collected from each AI were entered into a Microsoft Excel® spreadsheet and analyzed descriptively, being dichotomized as “correct” and “incorrect.” The following were calculated: 1) the percentage of correct answers for each item of the instrument; 2) the total percentage of correct answers; and 3) the percentage of correct answers by AI group. It should be noted that items 1, 4, and 12 have only one correct alternative. In each question, only the alternatives that fully corresponded to the expected statements were considered “Correct”; all others were classified as “Incorrect.” Responses presented with the “Maybe” option were also categorized as “Incorrect.”

For the universe of correct answers, the 12 items of the instrument and the six AIs analyzed were considered, totaling 72 possible correct answers. For the overall accuracy of the AIs, the total number of correct answers was summed and divided by the universe of possible correct answers. For the calculation of the overall accuracy of the items, the correct answers for the item were summed and divided by the universe of possible correct answers for the item, considering the number of AIs, which was six. In the calculation of accuracy by group, the total number of correct answers in each group was summed and divided by the universe of possible correct answers, which was 36 in each. To calculate which AI was the most accurate, the total number of correct answers presented was divided by the total number of items of the instrument.

Submission of the study to the Research Ethics Committee was waived, since the research did not involve human beings, in accordance with Law No. 14,874/2024.

RESULTS

The overall accuracy of the AIs analyzed was 31.9% with 23 correct answers. However, the percentage of the hybrid prompting group was 36.1% with 13 correct answers and 23 errors in total, demonstrating slightly higher accuracy than the zero-shot group, which was 27.7% with 10 correct answers and 26 errors in total (Table 1).

Table 1
Percentage of correct answers according to the instrument for the six AI models. Rio das Ostras, RJ, Brazil, 2025

Among the items analyzed, only two showed 100% correct answers: item 7, referring to the cleansing of the injury, and item 10, related to debridement, indicating consensus among all AIs on these aspects. In contrast, items fundamental to the assessment of the injury recorded no correct answers, such as item 2 (affected structures), item 5 (injury edge), and item 11 (secondary dressing), evidencing the models’ inability to identify elements essential to the management of PI. In the remaining items, variability was observed between the two types of prompts, with specific differences in performance.

Among the AIs analyzed, Gemini® showed the highest accuracy with six (50.0%) correct answers, followed by Claude AI with five (41.6%) correct answers, Perplexity AI with four (33,3%) correct answers and Grok AI and Blackbox AI with three (25.0%) each. The worst accuracy was presented by ChatGPT-4.0® with two (16.6%) correct answers. The results demonstrated heterogeneity in the responses.

The hybrid prompting group showed higher accuracy in the identification and management of PI (Figure 3). Regarding the identification of PI, the zero-shot group had no correct answers concerning classification, affected structures, and injury edge. Blackbox AI provided a correct response regarding the absence of exudate, and Perplexity AI and Grok AI in the recognition of erythema on the surrounding skin. The hybrid prompting group, in turn, was not accurate in the responses regarding affected structures, exudate, and injury edge. Both Gemini® and Claude AI correctly answered the classification of PI, with Gemini® also locating the erythema on the surrounding skin and Claude AI correctly describing the tissues present in the image.

Figure 3
AI responses on the identification and management of PI. Rio das Ostras, RJ, Brazil, 2025 Legend: red - error in the response; green - correct answer. Source: The authors (2025).

Regarding the management of PI, cleansing with 0.9% saline and the need for debridement were unanimously indicated among the six AIs. The zero-shot group was not accurate in the items referring to the primary dressing, the objective of the dressing, and the secondary dressing. In the dressing-change item, only Perplexity AI answered that the change should occur daily. In the hybrid prompting group, the items of secondary dressing and dressing change were not answered correctly by any of the three AIs. Gemini® stood out by also getting the items of primary dressing and objective correct, and Claude AI in the objective.

DISCUSSION

The findings of this study show that, although the AIs evaluated recognized fundamental and consensual practices in the management of PI, such as cleansing with saline solution and the indication of debridement, the overall accuracy can be considered low, since it did not even reach half of the possible correct answers. Despite the satisfactory performance of these tools in less complex tasks, important limitations were observed, including inconsistencies in interpretations and the possibility of hallucinations occurring, which compromises the reliability of the generated responses7.

Hybrid prompting showed slightly higher accuracy when compared to zero-shot, including greater caution in the responses. In the item referring to exudate, for example, two models recognized the limitations of the image and presented their responses in a suggestive tone when there were insufficient elements for definitive statements. The literature reinforces that the analysis should not be restricted to a single type of prompt, since elaborate and structured prompts tend to favor refined responses and more complete analyses23.

Prompt engineering can increase accuracy in AI systems applied to health, as demonstrated by a European study that observed an increase from 80.1% to 99.6% when comparing queries performed with simple commands and more elaborate commands; however, this gain was accompanied by longer response time and an impact on user satisfaction24. It is reinforced that, in the clinical context, it is also necessary to validate other criteria, such as system speed, transparency with the AI, and usability of the prompting technique25. Thus, validation and evaluation studies become essential to verify whether the AI presents adequate performance for evidence synthesis and contributes safely to professional practice26.

There is a gap in the literature, especially regarding the scarcity of references that address, in a thorough and systematic manner, prompting techniques applied to the management of PI. This gap restricts comparisons with the literature and evidences a field still under development. However, other clinical fields have been addressed internationally, such as a study developed in Sweden to evaluate the performance of LLMs in identifying medication errors, demonstrating that internal checking mechanisms (critic model) increase the reliability of the AI response27, and a Korean study that compared different prompt engineering strategies, identifying the Chain-of-Thought method as producing more consistent responses in the therapeutic context of psychiatric nursing28.

Regarding the indications of primary dressings, the AIs presented distinct possibilities. Although calcium alginate, foams, and silver dressings are compatible with wounds involving full-thickness loss, these options did not correspond to the injury analyzed20. Although the reference instrument did not include hydrofiber as a primary dressing, the AI models frequently cited it. The international literature recognizes this option as adequate because it favors autolytic debridement, indicated for removing devitalized tissue29, compatible with the small amount of slough observed in the image.

AIs have the potential to support health professionals, increasing clinical efficiency and patient safety1. However, human competencies such as clinical reasoning, decision-making, and interpretation remain irreplaceable. Thus, AI recommendations must be evaluated by the professional before being applied7. Although it is pertinent to problematize the possible causes of the high number of errors of certain AIs, such as ChatGPT-4.0®, it is not possible, based on the data of this study, to accurately infer the determining factors of these failures. Therefore, the use of AI in the management of PI should be understood as a complementary tool, preserving the nurse’s autonomy in decisions.

It is worth highlighting that there is a pressing need to incorporate artificial intelligence literacy into the training and continuing education of health professionals, as highlighted by a systematic review that investigated the level of AI literacy among health professionals and students, in which half of the included studies found very low literacy among both30. In this sense, it is not enough merely to use AI, but to develop competencies to formulate clear, contextualized, and clinically relevant questions, in addition to interpreting and validating the generated results. The absence of this mastery can lead to imprecise, mistaken, or potentially unsafe responses, even when apparently reliable models are used. Thus, AI literacy emerges as an essential component for the safe, ethical, and effective use of these technologies in the management of pressure injuries and in other care contexts.

This study has limitations regarding the single performance of each query to the AI, which limits the assessment of the variability of the responses, since generative models can produce different results in each interaction. Furthermore, the analysis was conducted on a restricted number of AI models and specific versions available during the research period, which may not reflect the performance of paid tools or other platforms.

This study did not evaluate inter-rater agreement, the consistency of the models, or the response time of each AI. Thus, the accuracy rate of each AI may be influenced by different interpretations by specialists and health professionals regarding what would be considered a correct response, which introduces variability in the evaluation and presents itself as another limitation of the study. Furthermore, the consistency of the models’ responses was not measured, considering that an AI may seem reliable and produce stable responses and, even so, present systematic errors from a clinical perspective, which represents a risk in care contexts. The study also did not consider the response time of the models, a relevant aspect for clinical applicability, since faster models, even if less precise, may be more feasible and present better usability in the workflow.

Thus, these are points that direct future studies to broaden the notion of safety beyond accuracy, also incorporating dimensions such as consistency, usability, and efficiency in the real context of care. It is therefore recommended that, in the evaluation of the application of AI models in health, joint analyses of accuracy and consistency be carried out, especially in the multimodal context of the management of pressure injuries, in which interpretive complexity is high.

CONCLUSION

The accuracy of the AIs related to the management of PI, of 31.9%, was considered low; however, Gemini® demonstrated the highest accuracy and ChatGPT-4.0® the worst. Although the artificial intelligences were not originally developed for the health field, the accuracy presented indicates that the safest recommendation is the hybrid prompting model, integrating artificial intelligence with human clinical judgment.

By evidencing both potentialities and relevant limitations, it becomes clear that AI should be understood as a complementary tool in nursing practice, requiring responsibility and conscious use to ensure that its application strengthens care, without compromising patient safety and preserving the central role of the health professional in decision-making regarding the management of injuries.

In a scenario marked by the growing use of these models, it is essential to broaden the debate on the responsible integration of AI into care and to signal the need for future investigations to advance in the development of more robust methodologies. In this sense, it becomes essential to explore prompting strategies in different care contexts, contributing to the scientific and ethical improvement of the use of these technologies in nursing. Such an approach can prevent the indiscriminate adoption of tools whose applicability in health still requires further investigation and validation.

HOW TO REFERENCE THIS ARTICLE:

Pires LP, Goulart MCL, Góes FGB, Ribeiro YC, Guimarães LLC, de Sousa LF. Responses and accuracy of artificial intelligence systems to prompts on pressure injury management. Cogitare Enferm [Internet]. 2026 [cited “insert year, month and day”];31:e102398en. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1590/ce.v31i0.102398en

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The authors declare that all data are fully available within the article.

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Associate editor:

Dra. Juliana Balbinot Reis Girondi

Corresponding author:

Letícia Pereira Pires Universidade Federal Fluminense Rua Recife, Lotes 1-7 - Jardim Bela Vista, Rio das Ostras - RJ, 28895-532 E-mail: leticiapires@id.uff.br

Conflicts of interest:

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    02 Nov 2026
  • Date of issue
    2026

History

  • Received
    08 Dec 2025
  • Accepted
    07 May 2026
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