426043

Effect of Aloe Vera on Pressure Ulcer Healing among Bed Ridden Patients

Article

Last updated: 11 May 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

• Medical and Surgical Nursing,.

Abstract

Background: The exploration of aloe vera's effects on pressure ulcer (PU) healing offers a promising avenue for enhancing wound care, particularly in bed ridden patients. As research continues, it holds the potential to improve healing rates and overall patient quality of life. Aim of the study: evaluate the effect of Aloe vera on pressure ulcer healing among bed-ridden patients. Research design: A quasi-experimental research design (study/control) was utilized in the current study. Setting: The current research was conducted in the Gastrointestinal and hepatic hospital (Medical Intensive Care Unit & Main Minia University Hospital (Medical Care Unit & Trauma Intensive care unit), Minia city, Egypt. Sample: A purposive sample of 60 patients was randomly assigned to study and control group (30 for each). Tools: Tool I: Personal and medical assessment sheet, Tool II: BATES- JENSEN wound assessment tool, consisted of thirteen assessment parameters that was used to investigate wound status. Results: The study findings showed that time of healing, it was found that PU healed faster among study group (20%) after 1st week. In contrast (3.3%) of the control group had a PU that not healed within the 1st week of observations, with highly statistical significant differences between the study and control groups regarding exact time of complete PU healing according BATES JENSEN Wound Assessment. Conclusion: Aloe vera had positive effect on the recovery process of pressure ulcer among bedridden patients with low cost and easy techniques. Recommendation: Use of Aloe vera is effective for healing of pressure ulcers.

DOI

10.21608/msnj.2025.375469.1169

Keywords

Aloe vera, Bed Ridden Patients, Healing & Pressure Ulcer

Authors

First Name

Tahany

Last Name

Abdel Naeem

MiddleName

Esmail

Affiliation

B.Sc. In Nursing - Faculty of Nursing Minia University

Email

thanyasmayl58@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Gehan

Last Name

Gamal ELdeen

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Assistance. Prof. of Medical-surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Minia University, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Usama

Last Name

Aly

MiddleName

Farghaly

Affiliation

Prof of Pharmaceuticals, Faculty of pharmacy, Minia University , Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Eman

Last Name

AbdelHakim

MiddleName

AbdelRazik

Affiliation

Lecturer of Medical-surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Minia University, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

017

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

52893

Issue Date

2025-06-01

Receive Date

2025-04-14

Publish Date

2025-06-30

Page Start

92

Page End

103

Print ISSN

2537-012X

Online ISSN

2785-9797

Link

https://msnj.journals.ekb.eg/article_426043.html

Detail API

http://journals.ekb.eg?_action=service&article_code=426043

Order

426,043

Type

Original articles

Type Code

2,049

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Minia Scientific Nursing Journal

Publication Link

https://msnj.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Effect of Aloe Vera on Pressure Ulcer Healing among Bed Ridden Patients

Details

Type

Article

Created At

11 May 2025