Pain and Comfort in Diabetic Foot Ulcer Care

Launched by MARDIN ARTUKLU UNIVERSITY · Oct 14, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) prevalence is increasing in parallel with the increasing number of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Patients experience pain due to debridement, which is frequently used in DFU care. Therefore, it is seen that nonpharmacological strategies are needed in pain management, unlike pharmacological methods. For this purpose, this single-blind randomized controlled study attempted to provide more information to the literature for supportive care in DFU care. 68 DFU patients were included in the study. After being randomly assigned to the groups, the care solution was...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients over the age of 18 with a diabetic foot wound diagnosed with diabetes mellitus,
• • No cognitive impairment,
• • No hearing, understanding or speaking problems,
• • VAS\>3 points,
• • Patients who consent to participate in the study
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients who have been decided to have an intervention to reduce pain before the procedure (such as local anesthesia, nerve blockade, opioid analgesics, etc.) -Patients with VAS \<3 points,
• • Patients with arterial or venous ulcers other than DFU