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Published on: May 2, 2012
The effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on psychological state and wound healing: a case report
Flavia Tasmin Techera Antunes1, Mariana Campos Duarte Machado2, Alice Bartolomeu Garavini2
1University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Background:
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), in which patients receive high concentrations of oxygen in a pressurized chamber, has been used in clinical practice to improve wound healing. More recent applications of HBOT have resulted in successful management of a wide range of conditions; however, the psychosomatic factors associated with these conditions remain understudied and require clarification.
Purpose:
To investigate the effects of HBOT in a female patient without diabetes who presented with an atypical wound of 9 years' duration with no sign of healing as well as with psychosomatic factors.
Case Report:
The patient underwent 20 once-daily sessions of HBOT for 120 minutes per session every Monday through Friday for 4 weeks at 2.4 ATA (atmosphere absolute pressure) and received daily dressing changes with a nonadherent dressing containing silver, alginate, and carboxymethylcellulose. The 36-Item Short Form Health Survey and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale quality-of-life questionnaires were administered before treatment and after 1 year of treatment. HBOT resulted in complete lasting wound remission as well as subjective improvement in quality of life and in levels of anxiety and depression.
Conclusion:
HBOT has known therapeutic effects on wound healing, and it may also have a substantial effect on psychosomatic mechanisms.
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