Kusuma Kumjorn. A comparison study of the foot ulcer healing between dressing with mangostin cream and normal saline wet dressing in diabetic patient . Master's Degree(Adult Nursing). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2003.
A comparison study of the foot ulcer healing between dressing with mangostin cream and normal saline wet dressing in diabetic patient
Abstract:
Diabetic foot ulcers can lead to severe complications and may lead to the
possible non-healing foot ulcer. Mangostin cream contains properties that are antiinflammatory,
anti-bacterial and which precipitate protein synthesis of the foot
ulcer. Wound dressings using mangostin cream have shown the ability to promote
wound healing in diabetic patients. The purpose of this studys quasi-experimental
research is to compare the healing of foot ulcers in diabetic patients using dressing
with mangostin cream to that of normal saline wet dressing. The population of this
study consisted of diabetic patients with foot ulcer wounds of both sexes, aged
between 25 to 75 years, who have all received wound dressing at the emergency
room of Dumnernsadoak Hospital, located in the province of Ratchaburi. The total
sample size of 20 patients was divided into two groups. The experimental group
contained 13 patients who received treatment with mangostin cream dressing. The
control group of 7 patients was treated with normal saline wet dressing. Research
instruments used in the study consisted of 1) Data collection tools used to record of
demographic data and ulcer characteristics and 2) measurement tools such as
Vernier Calipers used to measure the wound characteristics. The duration of this
research was from January to October of 2002. The width, length and depth of the
wound size were measured at the end of the first, second, and third week from the
commencement of the dressings. Data was then statistically analyzed using the Twoway
ANOVA Repeated Measure. Results of the study showed that patients who received mangostin cream
dressing treatment earned higher healing rates, characterized by reduced wound
width and length, when compared patients who received normal saline dressing
treatment, with statistic levels of significance of 0.01. However, in terms of wound
depth, the statistic level of significance was no more than 0.05. Moreover, mangostin
cream dressing showed higher wound width healing rates at the end of the third
week than at the end of the first week, with a statistic level of significance of 0.001.
The wound depth healing rate at the end of the second and third were also higher
than at the end of the first week, with a statistic level of significance of 0.01.
Although patients with normal saline wet dressing showed no sign of wound width
healing with a statistic level of significance of 0.05, they reported wound length and
depth healing at the end of the third week, when compared to the end of the first
week, with a statistic level of significance of 0.01.
The recommendation from this study, the mangostin cream is a new
alternative dressing for promoting wound healing."