Comparing Aloe Vera Gel and Rosemary Oil in Pressure Injury Prevention

Mansoura University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Pressure Injury

Treatments: Combination Product: Aloe Vera rosemary tropical application; Combination Product: aloevera tropical application; Combination Product: rosemary tropicalapplication

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05578638

mans u

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

Aloe Vera is medicinal plant that has been used to treat skin problems since 1500 BC Many studies have shown that using Aloe Vera to treat various wounds such as psoriasis, mouth ulcers, diabetic ulcers herpes and bed sores has had positive effects. in addition, Rosemary has therapeutic properties and has been used in the folk medicine, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industries, mainly for its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and vasodilatation properties, which are attributed to the presence of carnosol/carnosic and ursolic acids. Besides it therapeutic uses, rosemary has potential applications in cosmetic formulations and in the treatment of pathological and non-pathological conditions, such as cellulite, alopecia, ultraviolet damage, and aging.

Enrollment: 128 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 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

Exclusion criteria

• 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

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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128 participants in 4 patient groups

aloe Vera group

Experimental group

Description:

10 ml of the 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:

Combination Product: aloevera tropical application

rosemary group

Experimental group

Description:

10 ml of the 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:

Combination Product: rosemary tropicalapplication

aloe Vera rosemary compound

Experimental group

Description:

10 ml of the 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:

Combination Product: Aloe Vera rosemary tropical application

control group

No Intervention group