Combination of Infrared Therapy, Ozone Therapy, and Olive Oil On Diabetic Foot Ulcer in Agam Health Center

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus can cause various complications, including weakness to diseases such asfoot infections. One of the common complications that often occurs is diabetic foot disease,According to WHO, globally, in 2021, 10.5 % (536.6 million people) of the age group 20-79 years old will suffer from diabetes mellitus, increasing to 12.2% (783.2 million) in 2045. (WHO 2021). It is recorded that as many as 131 million of the global population experience lower extremity complications due to diabetes mellitus (DM), increasing the risk of death. where 18.8 million of them have diabetic foot ulcers, reaching 12% this percentage is higher than China, the country with the most diabetes mellitus sufferers in the world or the global prevalence, which only goes around 1.4% - 5.9%. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the combination of infrared therapy, ozone therapy, and olive oil on the healing process of diabetic foot wounds in the Agam Health Center work area in 2024. This type of research uses a Pre -post-test with a control group design on a group. Sampling using a purposive sampling technique of 10 people in the treatment group and 10 in the control group. Data collection was carried out by observation, the research instrument used was the Betes-Jensen Wound Assessment Tool (BWAT) observation sheet. This study was conducted for 28 days. The data analysis used was the Shapiro-Wilk test—data analysis using the Wilcoxon test statistic. The results of the study showed that there was a difference in wound scores before and after in the treatment group with a p-value= 0.0005 < α (0.05) and in the control group with p-value= 0.0005 < α (0.05). Then, the difference test results between groups with p-value = 0.054 ≤ α (0.05). So it can be concluded that the combination of infrared therapy, ozone therapy, and olive oil has been effective in the healing process of diabetic foot wounds.