1Principal and Professor, COP, CMCH, Ludhiana
2Physiotherapist, Ropar
3Interim Physiotherapist, Pt Health, Canada
*Corresponding author: Dr. Sandeep S Saini Professor and Principal College of Physiotherapy, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, E-mail: sssainicmc@yahooo.co.in, Ph.: 0161-2660044
Online published on 28 December, 2016.
The diabetic wounds, ulcers heal slowly and this often results in prolonged hospitalizations. Wound infections delays healing in diabetic ulcers, and thus the standard treatment includes wound dressings and use of antibiotics. However, there is increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics. The purpose of study was to determine the effects of ultraviolet radiation on the healing of diabetic ulcers.
A comparative study on 20 patients with convenient sampling was conducted in the medicine ward of Christian Medical College and Hospital. Patients data was collected and was analyzed using statistical unpaired T test, Wilcoxon's test and Mann-Whitney test proportion, to study the effect of ultra violet radiations in diabetic wound healing.
There was 50.17% decrease in the surface area of the ulcers of the experimental groups, while there was only 16.67% decrease in the surface area of the ulcers of the control group. There was a 51.52% decrease in the scores of the Wagner's scale on the experimental group, but only a 23.53% decrease in the score of Wagner's scale on the control group. There was a 48.48% decrease in the scores of the Likert's scale on the experimental group, but only a 23.53% decrease in the score of Likert's scale on the control group. Hence it shows the effectiveness of the ultraviolet radiation in diabetic wound healing. Thus, this study has demonstrated that ultraviolet radiation is an effective modality for treating the diabetic ulcers. Ultraviolet radiation (Type B) was found effective in reducing wound volume and surface area
Diabetes, Wound Healing, Ultraviolet radiation
