Effects of Understanding Wellbeing on Psychological Aspects and Wound Healing in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers Recurrence: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

There is an international consensus to the effect that optimizing wellbeing is an appropriate approach

to helping people living with wounds. However, implementation of this concept is difficult in practice.

In the present study, a randomized controlled trial was conducted with the aim of evaluating the

psychological aspects associated with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) by conducting an intervention

focused on wellbeing. Sixty eligible participants were divided into two groups; both groups received

local wound management, while the intervention group also received psychological treatment to

enhance their understanding of wellbeing. The t-test and Mann–Whitney test were used to compare

the two groups. In contrast to the authors’ expectations, the findings indicated that patients with DFU

that received treatment on the understanding of wellbeing appeared to exhibit similar changes in

psychological factors and acceleration of wound healing, compared to those who did not receive this

intervention, except in the distress parameter at the second follow up. (Sumber: Wound International, 2019)