Table 6.
Frequency of specified medical acts on sub-category treatment
| T-WNa | N-WNb | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 6 | n = 5 | p value | |||||
| n/week | n/week | ||||||
| Foot care | mean | SD | 9.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.01c |
| Conservative sharp wound debridement | median | range | 1.0 | 0–7 | 0.0 | 0–0 | 0.01c |
| Wound cleansing | mean | SD | 16.0 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 0.01c |
| Curettage | median | range | 4.0 | 0–16 | 0.0 | 0–0 | 0.03d |
| Incise | median | range | 0.5 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0–0 | 0.08d |
| Determining of topical agent | mean | SD | 11.1 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 0.04c |
| Determining of wound dressing | mean | SD | 13.5 | 1.8 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 0.16c |
| Performing NPWTe | median | range | 1.5 | 0–9 | 0.0 | 0–2 | 0.37d |
aTrained Wound,Ostomy and Continence Nurse, bNon-trained Wound,Ostomy and Continence Nurse, c t- test, dMann-Whitney U test, eNegative pressure wound therapy