A study to assess the effectiveness of papaya dressing on diabetic foot ulcer among clients admitted in diabetology ward at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai.

Abstract

Diabetic foot ulcers is the one of the most common and devastating complication of diabetes mellitus, which contribute to changes in to the lower extremity called the diabetic foot. Carica papaya have great role in enzymatic debridement in Ulcer/Wound healing. Need for the study: Over 13 million have been diagnosed with diabetes and 15% have the diabetic foot ulcer in their life time, 30-50% will undergo a further amputation of the other foot within 5 years., so many literature have shown the effectiveness of papaya dressing among diabetic foot ulcer patient. OBJECTIVES 1) To assess the demographic and clinical variables among experimental and control group. 2) To assess the pre test and post test level of diabetic foot ulcer among the experimental and control group. 3) To compare the pre test and post test level of diabetic foot ulcer score among the experimental and control group. 4) To assess the Effectiveness of papaya dressing on Diabetic foot ulcer among Experimental group. 5) To find the association between the selected demographic variables and the effectiveness of Papaya Dressing in both experimental and control group. The Result Revealed that Effect of papaya dressing had significant effect on the healing of diabetic foot ulcer for experimental group. This study can be recommended for large scale and used for various setting