Effect of topical oxygen therapy on wound healing among patients with diabetic foot ulcer at selected hospital, Coimbatore.

The main aim of the present study was to assess the effect of topical oxygen therapy on wound healing among patients with diabetic foot ulcer. The study was conducted at selected wards of Sri-Ramakrishna hospital. The research design used for the present study was true-experimental design.By using consecutive sampling technique 21 patients with diabetic foot ulcer were selected for the study. Glycosylated hemoglobin value was taken as the criteria to maintain homogeneity among the samples. The samples were randomly assigned to experimental (n=10) and the control group (n=11) respectively. The level of wound healing was assessed using Bates Jensen wound assessment tool(BWAT).Intervention was given to the experimental group for 30 minutes once daily for 10 days, whereas the control group received routine care .Post test was performed on the eleventh day with the same tool. Results showed that, the mean of experimental group and control group was 24.8 and value of 3.38 which was significant at (p