The effectiveness of dalethyne dressings for reducing bacteria in diabetic foot ulcers
Article Category: Original article
Published Online: Aug 18, 2021
Page range: 153 - 158
Received: Oct 25, 2020
Accepted: Nov 16, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0017
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Objective
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a dalethyne dressing for decreasing bacteria in diabetic patients with infected foot ulcers.
Methods
This study was conducted from March to September 2018 with a sample of 30 participants from the outpatient Kitamura Wound Clinic in Pontianak City, Indonesia. A quasi-experimental non-equivalent pretest–posttest control group design was used for the study. Participants were divided into two groups: an intervention group (treated with a dalethyne dressing) and a control group (treated with a standard dressing). Two trained research assistants collected the data using the Wagner wound classification system and a bacteria counter. The assistants swabbed each wound surface with sterile cotton, and the swabs were used to conduct a bacteria culture and count.
Results
The study population was 50% female and 50% male with no significant differences between each other in age, HbA1c, blood pressure, or ankle-brachial index (ABI;
Conclusions
This study provides evidence that a dalethyne dressing is effective for killing