To provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive covering material for application to the skin which is less apt to peel off from a part where the covering material has been applied, and which is less apt to crease and is suitable for use especially in the prevention and/or treatment of bedsore. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The pressure-sensitive adhesive covering material for application to the skin is characterized in that it comprises a layered substrate obtained by superposing a knitted fabric on one side of a film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on the film on its side opposite to the knitted fabric, and that the film has an elongation of 150-1,500% and the knitted fabric is formed from filaments having an elongation of 1-200%.
