Home Care by Ozone Bagging towards Diabetic Foot Ulcers Healing

Abstract

The global prevalence of DM patients in 2014 is 8.3% of the total population in the world. Increased prevalence of DM followed by increased incidence of diabetic foot ulcers. The American Diabetes Association mentioned that in 2010 there were approximately 73,000 cases of non-traumatic limb amputations with a diagnosis of DM. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of home care with modern wound care: ozone bagging towards diabetic foot ulcers healing in Palembang. This research used quantitative and qualitative approach with mixed methodology design. The samples obtained 42 people by purposive sampling technique. Quantitative analysis used dependent samples paired t-test and qualitative used non-statistical analysis through logical inference based on actual considerations and conditions. The average before treatment were 36.21 with SD = 4.076 and after treatment were 37.17 with SD = 4.316. Home care with modern wound care: ozone bagging gave effect on wound healing of patients with diabetic foot ulcers (p = 0.026). All participants expressed feelings of great satisfaction. Therefore, it is necessary to develop further research, by developing design and intervention in several groups, so it can assess the effectiveness of ozone bagging for healing diabetic foot ulcers through home care.