Abstract:
Objective To analyze the application effect of chronic wound management strategy based on TIME-Clinical Decision Support Tool (CDST) in the nursing of chronic refractory wounds in department of orthopedics.
Methods A total of 102 patients with chronic refractory orthopedic trauma admitted from June 2024 to March 2025 were selected as the research objects. According to the time period, 51 patients admitted from June 2024 to October 2024 were included and set as the control group. A total of 51 patients admitted from November 2024 to March 2025 were included and set as the observation group. The control group were given wet dressings, while the observation group were given chronic wound management strategies based on TIME-CDST. The differences in the complete wound healing time, hospital stay and dressing change frequency between two groups were compared. The differences in the levels of wound healingBats-Jensen Wound Assessment Tool (BWAT), Image Wound Assessment Tool (PWAT), negative emotionAdult Sense of Powerlessness Scale (PAT) and quality of lifeCardiff Wound Impact Scale (CWIS) between two groups were compared before the intervention and after 1 month of intervention.
Results During the study, 8 patients dropped out for various reasons. Eventually, 45 patients were included in the control group, and 49 cases were included in the observation group. The complete wound healing time, hospital stay and dressing change frequency in the observation group were lower than those in control group (all P < 0.05). After 1 month of intervention, the scores of BWAT, PWAT and PAT in two groups decreased compared with those before the intervention, and the scores of each index in the observation group were lower than those in control group (all P < 0.05). After 1 month of intervention, the CWIS scores of two groups increased compared with those before the intervention, and the scores of the observation group were higher than those of control group (all P < 0.05).
Conclusions The chronic wound management strategy based on TIME-CDST helps accelerate wound healing in patients with chronic refractory orthopedic wounds, and can reduce patients' negative emotions and improve their quality of life.