Official Title: The Impact of Cold Application on Pain and Comfort During the Process of Diabetic Foot Care
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2024-10
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Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to reveal the effect of cold application of 09 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 09 NaCl was compared to the intervention group 4 C and 8 C NaCl sodium chloride compared to the control group 18 C and 24 C
Detailed Description: 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