The purpose of this study is to reveal the effect of cold application of 0.9% NaCl solution used during diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) care on the pain and comfort levels of patients. In this direction; - Cold application has no effect on pain and comfort levels in DFU care. - Cold application has an effect on pain and comfort levels in DFU care. Hypotheses were created. In order to reveal the effect of cold application, 0.9% NaCl was compared to the intervention group (+4ͦ C and +8ͦ C); NaCl ( sodium chloride) compared to the control group (+18ͦ C and +24ͦ C).
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 applied cold or hot according to the procedure in the DFU care performed in the outpatient clinic. Data were collected before (10 min before), during and after (10 min after) the procedure. Kruskal Wallis, One Way ANOVA, Post Hoc pairwise comparison tests and corrected Bonferroni were used in the analyses.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
68
Before DFU care, the patient was given an appropriate position and the materials (forceps, scalpel, sponge, pad, bandage, etc.) and the temperature of the 0.9% NaCl solution kept in the refrigerator for 24 hours were measured with an infrared thermometer (+4°C to +8°C) and taken to the treatment area. The solution was transferred to a 50 mL syringe in a sterile manner. The solution was instilled into the wound simultaneously with wound care (5-15 min).
Health Sciences University Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital
Diyarbakır, Turkey (Türkiye)
Pain
Pain level was expressed through VAS pain scale; value of "0 = no pain", "1-3 = mild pain", "4-6 = moderate pain", "7-9 = severe pain" and "10 = unbearable pain". While evaluating the pain, the patient marked the facial expression corresponding to his pain.
Time frame: 45 minutes (Time to collect data from each patient)
Comfort
Comfort was measured using the General Comfort Scale Short Form (GCS-SF). The 28-item six-point Likert scale is scored between 28 and 168. It is accepted that the comfort level increases as the score increases.
Time frame: 45 minutes (Time to collect data from each patient)
SINBAD score
The diabetic foot wound assessment (SINBAD) score is a scoring system that evaluates diabetic wounds in 6 categories (1. zone; 2. ischemia, 3. neuropathy, 4. bacterial infection, 5. ulcer area, 6. depth). It is an easy, fast and simple classification that is used by giving 0 or 1 points to each category, with a maximum of 6 points.
Time frame: 45 minutes (Time to collect data from each patient)
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