Application of herbal foot bath therapy with Tongmai Xiaoyu Decoction plus ankle pump exercise in postoperative nurs-ing in patients with lower extremities varicose veins
Objective To observe the application of herbal foot bath therapy with Tongmai Xiaoyu Decoction plus ankle pump exercise in postoperative nursing in patients with lower extremities varicose veins(LEVV).Methods A total of 86 pa-tients with LEVV were enrolled.The patients were randomly divided into control group(n=43)and experimental group(n=43)by a coin tossing method.All patients were managed by routine intervention,those in the experimental group additionally re-ceived herbal foot bath therapy with Tongmai Xiaoyu Decoction plus ankle pump exercise.A 30-day intervention was per-formed,aiming to compare Visual Analogue Scale(VAS)for pain,revised venous clinical severity score(RVCSS),hemody-namics(venous return time[VFT],venous volume[VC],venous diameter[VD]),Venous Insufficiency Epidemiology and E-conomic Study-Quality of Life(VEINES-QOL)before and after intervention between groups.Results After intervention,the 15-day and 30-day scores of VAS and RVCSS,and the 15-day and 30-day levels of VFT,VC and VD in the two groups were significantly decreased than those before intervention,and which showed a significant decreasing trend with time(P<0.05),and the decreases were more pronounced in the experimental group relative to the control group(P<0.05).The 15-day and 30-day scores of VEINES-QOL in the two groups were significantly increased than those before intervention,and which showed a significant increasing trend with time(P<0.05),and the increases were more common in the experimental group compared to the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion For patients with LEVV,herbal foot bath therapy with Tongmai Xiaoyu Decoction plus ankle pump exercise can effectively relieve postoperative pain degree of patients,the level of hemodynamics and quality of life.
Varicose veinsChinese medicine therapyFumigation therapyExercise therapy
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