PENGARUH ELEVASI EKSTREMITAS BAWAH TERHADAP PROSES PENYEMBUHAN ULKUS DIABETIK DI WILAYAH BANTEN TAHUN 2010
Absract: One of
Diabetes Mellitus complications, is
ulcer. Process of
diabetical ulcus healing influenced
by internal factors
and external factors.
The internal factors
are age, nutrition, some
chronic diseases, blood
glucose, growth factor, blood
cholesterol, and circulation.
The external factor
are able to
influence like infection,
diabetes history, smoking, and hypertension history. This research is aim to
get a description about “influence of elevation of lower extremity to diabetic
ulcer healing process in Banten". This research using quasi experiment
method with nonequivalent control group design approach. Sample in this
research were diabetes mellitus patients with ulcer, consist of 7 respondents
as control group
and 6 respondent
as intervention group. Univariat analysis showed that score of healing process
between group with elevation more better
than grou without elevation. The result of bivariat analysis showed that lower
extremity elevation were significantly associated with diabetic ulcer healing
process (p value 0,003). Nurse should be
elevate the lower extremity with diabetic ulcer at around 10 minutes
after activity more than 15 minutes. Summary of this research are the average
of healing process of ulcus diabetic at group
without elevation is
higher to elevation
group. Besides that,
there are not
related between
vascularisation, blood glucose
rate, infection, nutrition,
diabetes history, and smoking history to healing process of
diabetic ulcus.
Penulis: Indah Wulandari,
Krisna Yetti, Rr.Tutik Sri Hayati
KodeJurnal: jpkeperawatandd110016
