The Use of Cold Pressed Coconut Oil for Chronic Wound Patients in Two Sub-district Health Promotion in Buriram Province

Abstract

Background: Cold pressed coconut oil is one of the alternative treatments to cure chronic wounds because of the saturated fats, lauric acid, and palmitic acid. Indeed, lauric acid functions against the bacteria and inflammatory. This acid is dramaturgically gentle and toxic-free. Skins has the has anti-microbiological activities against bacteria which can cause diseases.
Objective: To investigate the effect of gauzes soaked with cold pressed coconut olive oil on chronic wound and to study the satisfaction of patients who received the coconut oil treatment.
Methods: This evaluative case study purposively includes 30 samples as the patients with chronic. The research instruments are the treatment process, measurement of wound healing and interview guidelines for the treatment satisfactions. The quantitative data analysis was conducted by the rating scales of healing wounds in number, percentage, and the patients’ satisfaction while the semi-structure interview data were analyzed by content analysis.
Results: The effects on cold pressed coconut oil and chronic wound care, wound healing time, and characteristics of ligation gas was based on the factors assessed, including size, wound area, skin area, and evaluation. The results show that the procedure is effective and satisfactory for patients who received using cold pressed coconut oil.
Conclusions: Using cold pressed coconut for chronic wounds effectively reduces the wounds among patients. It is one of the options to cure the chronic-wound patients and, the patients’ relatives are satisfied with this treatment.