A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BUERGER - ALLEN EXERCISE ON WOUND HEALING PROCESS AMONG THE DIABETIC FOOT ULCER PATIENTS

Abstract

The study was aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of Buerger Allen exercise on wound healing process among Type 2 Diabetic foot ulcer patients. Quasi experimental pre – test post – test control design was adopted and Non probability purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples. A total of 60 Type 2 diabetes mellitus patient with foot ulcer has been taken from Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai, and the Buerger Allen exercise was practiced for the selected samples. Condition of the foot ulcer was analyzed before and after the study. Collected data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. A high significant On an average, in experimental group, diabetic patients are having 24.6 % improved wound healing where as in control group, on an average, diabetic patients are having only 5.3 % wound healing.