Applying honey dressings to non-healing wounds in elderly persons receiving home care.
J Tissue Viability
; 28(3): 139-143, 2019 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The study aimed to determine the clinical effectiveness of honey dressings in the management of non-healing wounds in elderly persons receiving home care. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Design:
a prospective interventional study. The sample comprised 40 Czech home care clients (aged over 65 years) with non-healing wounds who were randomly assigned to two groups. Wounds were treated with honey (intervention group) or conventional (controls) dressings. Each wound was studied for three months. A detailed description of a wound (location, size, wound bed, edges, amount of exudate, odor, adjacent skin) were recorded. Wounds were assessed with the Wound Healing Continuum and pain intensity with the Visual Analog Scale.RESULTS:
Over the 3-month period, 16 (80%) individuals in the intervention group had their wounds completely healed, as compared with only six (30%) controls. There was no statistically significant difference in wound size between the groups on Day 1 (pâ¯=â¯0.1801). Ninety days later, the difference in wound size between the groups was statistically significant (pâ¯=â¯0.0041). There was a statistically significant difference in pain intensity between the two groups (pâ¯=â¯0.0007), with higher pain scores being indicated by controls.CONCLUSION:
The study results showed that the application of honey dressings to non-healing wounds resulted in faster healing, wound size reduction and lower pain intensity.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cicatrização
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Mel
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Tissue Viability
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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FISIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article