Abstract
30Apr 2016 A study to assess the effectiveness of acetic acid soak in healing foot ulcer among diabetic patients at Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chennai. V. Hemavathy , Girijahaskaran and Y.Sudha. Principal, department of Mental Health Nursing, Bharath University, Tamil Nadu, India. Professor & Head of Department, department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Bharath University, Tamil Nadu, India. M.sc nursing 2nd year, department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Bharath University, Tamil Nadu, India.
Highlights
The aim and objective of the study was to assess the level of diabetic foot ulcer among the diabetic patient before giving acetic acid soak, the effectiveness of acetic acid soak among diabetic patient with diabetic foot ulcer and to determine the association between post test level of diabetic foot ulcer and selected demographic variables such as age, gender, religion, domicile, education, source of health information, working pattern, family history, duration of diabetic mellitus of the diabetic patient
A total of 60 diabetic patient participated in the present study, who had either mild or moderate diabetic foot ulcer and were residing in Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospitals at Chennai and those who fulfilled the inclusion criteria
The study concluded that acetic acid soak improves the level of diabetic foot ulcer of diabetic patient in Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospitals at Chennai
Summary
A study to assess the effectiveness of acetic acid soak in healing foot ulcer among diabetic patients at Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chennai. Hemavathy[1], Mrs Girijahaskaran[2], Miss Y.Sudha. 1. Principal, department of Mental Health Nursing, Bharath University, Tamil Nadu, India. 2. Professor & Head of Department, department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Bharath University, Tamil Nadu, India. 3. M.sc nursing 2nd year, department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Bharath University, Tamil Nadu, India
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