Comparing Aloe Vera Gel and Rosemary Oil in Pressure Injury Prevention
ConditionPressure Injury
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-60
SponsorMansoura University
About this trial
Most patients admitted to the orthopedic ward are at risk of developing pressure ulcers. Today, the tendency to use medicinal herbs in pressure ulcer treatment has increased due to the variety of effective compounds and their fewer side effects.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
willingness to participate in research, lack of skin diseases (such as psoriasis, fungal illness, freckles), patients that are at risk of moderate to severe bedsores according to nursing diagnosis and Braden scoring tool and scored less than 13-14; the absence of PI on admission; the probability of length of stay should be above 10 days
Disqualifiers
a decrease in hemoglobin levels during the study to lower than 12 in men and less than 10 mg/dl in women, anemia, hyperthermia during the study and sensitivity to Aloe Vera or Rosemary.
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Aloe Vera rosemary tropical application
Combination product10 ml of the Aloe Vera rosemary spray will be rubbed two times per day during the skin care on the areas at risk for PIs, including the patient's sacrum area, hip areas and heels area. This action will continue for 10 days
aloevera tropical application
Combination product10 ml of the Aloe Vera spray will be rubbed two times per day during the skin care on the areas at risk for PIs, including the patient's sacrum area, hip areas and heels area. This action will continue for 10 days
rosemary tropicalapplication
Combination product10 ml of the rosemary spray will be rubbed two times per day during the skin care on the areas at risk for PIs, including the patient's sacrum area, hip areas and heels area. This action will continue for 10 days
Treatment groups
128 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groupsGroup A: aloe Vera groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: rosemary groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group C: aloe Vera rosemary compoundExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group D: control groupNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
incidence of stage 1 pressure ulcers
The NPUAP scale is staging system since 1989 as one of the most widely used classification systems for the PI that describes the depth of the wound caused by PIs. In accordance with the panel, the PIs are divided into the original 4 stages and adding 2 stages on deep tissue injury and unstageable PIs. In this work, skin redness without discoloration by finger pressure in area of interest was considered as PIs stage I
Time frame
Before applying sprays, Patients will be evaluated by pairs of observers (trained nurse and specialist) at 9:00 am for the presence of PIs at third day, after intervention2
incidence of stage 1 pressure ulcers
The NPUAP scale is staging system since 1989 as one of the most widely used classification systems for the PI that describes the depth of the wound caused by PIs. In accordance with the panel, the PIs are divided into the original 4 stages and adding 2 stages on deep tissue injury and unstageable PIs. In this work, skin redness without discoloration by finger pressure in area of interest was considered as PIs stage I
Time frame
Before applying sprays, Patients will be evaluated by pairs of observers (trained nurse and specialist) at 9:00 am for the presence of PIs at seventh day, after intervention3
incidence of stage 1 pressure ulcers
The NPUAP scale is staging system since 1989 as one of the most widely used classification systems for the PI that describes the depth of the wound caused by PIs. In accordance with the panel, the PIs are divided into the original 4 stages and adding 2 stages on deep tissue injury and unstageable PIs. In this work, skin redness without discoloration by finger pressure in area of interest was considered as PIs stage I
Time frame
Before applying sprays, Patients will be evaluated by pairs of observers (trained nurse and specialist) at 9:00 am for the presence of PIs at the tenth day, after intervention4
change in skin temperature at pressure points
Skin temperature will be measured using infrared thermometer
Time frame
will be measured at baseline and at the end of the study (after 10 days)Sponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov