Vol. 10, Issue 5, Part E (2024)

Aims and Objectives: The study aims to assess the effectiveness of conventional therapy\r\nalong with humidified oxygen therapy versus conventional therapy only on\r\ndecubitus ulcers healing among patients admitted in selected units of\r\nGGSMC&H, Faridkot, Punjab. The objective was to assess the grades of\r\ndecubitus ulcer in patients after and before implementation of conventional\r\ntherapy along with humidified oxygen therapy versus conventional therapy only\r\nand to compare the grades of decubitus ulcers healing in patients among\r\ninterventional and conventional group.

Methodology: A randomized controlled trail research design was used to conduct the\r\nstudy. By random allocation, 60 patients with decubitus ulcer of grade II, III\r\n& IV, admitted in GGS medical hospital were selected and randomly divided\r\ninto two groups [interventional(n=30) and conventional group (n=30)]. The\r\ninterventional group received a humidified oxygen therapy for 8 days and wound\r\nwas assessed on 1^st day before intervention and 8^th day\r\nafter intervention. The socio-demographic profile and clinical profile sheet\r\nand standardized tool PUSH 3.0 was used to evaluate the effectiveness of\r\nconventional therapy along with humidified oxygen therapy versus conventional\r\ntherapy only on decubitus ulcers healing.

Results: The findings revealed that significant reduction in mean total PUSH\r\nscore in both interventional and conventional group. The data was analyzed by\r\nusing Paired t-test and Independent t-test. The pre-assessment mean total PUSH\r\nscore in interventional group was 11.13 on 1^st day which reduced to\r\n6.40 on 8^th day and in conventional group was 11.07 on 1^st\r\nday which reduced to 9.30 on 8^th day, calculated t value 0.095, df\r\n58 and p value 0.924 on 1^st day which was non-significant and t\r\nvalue was 3.453, df 58 and p value 0.001 on 8^th day which was\r\nstatistically significant at the level of significant at p≤0.05.

Conclusion: The study statistically proved that conventional therapy along with\r\nhumidified oxygen therapy was found to be more effective than conventional therapy\r\nonly on decubitus ulcer healing.