THE CLINICAL EFFICACY OF ALOE VERA FOR FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURN WOUND HEALING: A REVIEW
Fatkhul Ulum(1), Yunita Sari(2)

1) Student of Nursing Department, Faculty of Health and Sciences, Jenderal Soedirman University, Indonesia
2) Nursing Department, Faculty of Health and Sciences, Jenderal Soedirman University, Indonesia

Abstract

Objectives: Until now there are still many people who treat burn wound in a way that is not medically recommended. Aloe vera is one of the plants that thrives in Indonesia and also known to have good effectiveness on the treatment for first to second degree burn. Review of some studies, especially in studies that use human samples is necessary for reference in the evidence based practice of using aloe vera for the treatment of burn wounds in the nursing field. This study aimed to analyze several studies those were focusing on the use of aloe vera as a wound care therapy in first and second degree burn patients.

Methods: The article searching strategy in this review used the PICO framework. The databases that used were Pubmed, ScienceDirect, and Google scholar. From the searching result, obtained 6 articles those were in accordance with the inclusion and exclusion criteria which then will be chosen and reviewed further.

Results: The results of this review study showed that all selected articles revealed the effectiveness of Aloe vera for the treatment of first and second-degree burns. Aloe vera could be used for the treatment of burns because it could act as an antimicrobial, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, anti-itching, moisturizing, abled to reduce pain, increased cell regeneration, increased collagen synthesis and the rate of epithelialization, accelerated the process of wound healing, and prevented the formation of hypertrophic scars.

Conclusions: Aloe vera could be used for the treatment of burn wounds because it had good clinical efficacy in the healing process of first and second-degree burns.

Keywords: Aloe vera, Burns, Wound healing

Topic: Medical and Surgical Nursing