1M. Sc (N), Principal, Dr. G. Sakunthala, College of Nursing, Thiruchirapalli
2M.Sc (N)., Ph.D., Professor & Head of the Department, College of Nursing, CMC, Vellore.
Online published on 27 November, 2012.
Patients with type – II diabetes foot ulcer endure a debilitating health because of the chronicity of ulcer. A true experimental study (RCT) research design was used to assess the cost effectiveness by the use of Aloe gel among 50 patients in the experimental group against 50 patients in the control group (betadine gel) with type – II diabetes with foot ulcer. Cluster random sampling was used to segregate the subjects. The total cost of the ulcer management was reduced significantly with the use of Aloe Gel(t value of 4.03, p<.001 level) when compared with the control group.
