Diabetic Foot Ulcer
Conditions
Keywords
Bandages, Wound Healing, Time, Relief
Brief summary
The Surgical Outpatient Clinic at Molde Hospital has since 2015 offered specialized treatment for patients with diabetic foot ulcers. This treatment is given by an interdisciplinary diabetic foot ulcer team. The standard treatment for diabetic foot ulcers is relief, a method with good results. Although the treatment as usual gives good results, the team wants to optimize this treatment. By using custom felt relief for each patient, the treatment period might be reduced considerably. The aim of this study is therefore to investigate whether custom felt relief gives shorter processing time compared to standard relief treatment.
Interventions
PROCEDURE"custom felt relief"
Felt is adjusted to the wound by cutting it in different ways and layers once every week
PROCEDUREstandard relief treatment
Felt in the shape of a letter U is put around the wound once every week.
Sponsors
Helse Møre og Romsdal HF
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
block randomization
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
45 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 or 2 * has neuropathic wounds under the foot * understands and speaks Norwegian well * competent to give consent
Exclusion criteria
* responds to the filament glue and/or the tape used in treatment * in need of vascular surgery intervention * to be admitted to the hospital * in need of intravenously administered antibiotics due to wound infection.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| wound healing time in weeks | 2-8 weeks | from the patients first visit (when the first felt dressing is applied) until the wound is healed |
Countries
Norway
Contacts
CONTACTIda Gule
CONTACTAnne Marie Haag-Kvernberg, md
STUDY_DIRECTORTone Seim Fuglset, phd
Helse Møre og Romsdal HF
Outcome results
None listed