Effectiveness of Honey Dressing on Diabetic Wound

Abstract

Patients with diabetes are at great risk of developing low extremity ulcers. The management of diabetic foot ulcers typically includes early recognition and appropriate clinical care. Recent advances shows honey dressing has been successful in diabetic wounds. The poor cannot afford for the treatment of foot ulcer as it has to be done daily, so the investigator planned to demonstrate the procedure for dressing with a more cost effective solution which make them self-efficient and affordable. This study evaluates the effectiveness of honey dressing on diabetic wound status among patients with diabetic foot ulcer which was conducted in the urban communities of Salem. Quasi experimental research design was used and 60 samples were selected by convenience sampling technique. 30 samples were assigned to experimental and 30 samples to control group. The general information was collected and the diabetic wound status was assessed using the Bates-Jensen Wound Assessment Tool. After the pre-test, the honey dressing was demonstrated to the 30 samples in the experimental group. Posttest was done after 21 days. The findings shows that, in the experimental group, 19(63.33%) patients were in the age group of 60-65 years and 17(56.67%) were males; 11(36.67%) were graduates and 8(26.67%) were private employees; 11(36.67%) patients had habit of smoking and 7(23.33%) had habit of alcoholism; 22(73.33%) were non-vegetarians and 27(90%) had habit of wearing foot wear. 2(6.67%) patients had mild, 23(76.67%) had moderate and 5(16.67%) had severely unhealthy wound status in pre-test whereas 6(20%) had mild, 24(80%) had moderate and none had severely unhealthy wound status in posttest. The pre-test and posttest mean difference of diabetic wound status is 5.87. The ‘t’ value was 2.28 which shows that honey dressing was effective in improving the diabetic wound status of patients with diabetic foot ulcer at p<0.05 level. There was a significant association of diabetic wound status with their selected demographic variables like age, occupation and diabetic diet at p<0.05 level.