Treatment
Conditions
Keywords
Cold water, Negative pressure wound therapy, pain
Brief summary
Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is a technique using vacuum dressing to promote wound healing in complicated wound. However for many patients, the application and removal of the NPWT is source of procedural pain. Some techniques had been reported to reduce these pain such as administering topical lidocain or normal saline solution before the dressing change. The authors hypothesized that administering cold water into the NPWT sponge would decrease pain during dressing changes.
Interventions
PROCEDURENPWT with cold water
Each of dressing change would be treated with NPWT and injection of cold sterile water kept in 4°C temperature into sponge 10 minutes before dressing change
PROCEDURENPWT with normal saline room temp
Each of dressing change would be treated with NPWT and injection of room temperature sterile water kept in room temperature into sponge 10 minutes before dressing change
PROCEDURENPWT without other intervention
Each of dressing change would be treated with NPWT without injection of any liquids into sponge before dressing change
Sponsors
Chulalongkorn University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Open wounded patient who is treated by negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) with the age between 18-70 years old.
Exclusion criteria
* The patient who has decrease sensation at cured wound region * The patient who has Glasgow coma scale less than 15 * The patient who cannot provide pain scale data * The patient who has diabetic ulcer or other chronic sores * The patient who denies to participate in research project.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain reduction during dressing changes assessed by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) | 3 days |
Outcome results
None listed