and psychosocial problems within palliative care patients with non healing wounds in Mongolia

We provided the randomized study within 50 patients with non healing wounds hospitalized in Hope, Grace, Green home hospices of Mongolia during January 2015-January 2016. 47 (94%) patients had wound pain, 27 (54 %) patient’s wounds were contaminated with stool and urine within patients, 42 (84%) patients had smell from wounds, 43 (86%) patients had severe secretions from the wounds, 17 (34%) patients had bleeding from the wounds. 32 (64%) patients had anxiety, 45 (90%) had depression, 34 (68 %) had insomnia, 32 (64%) patients felt shame, 32 (64%) patients faced social isolation because of wounds smell, 29 (58%) patients isolated because of wound location, 41 (82%) patients suffer from luck of dressing material, 21 (42 %) patients had no wound caring person, 42 (84%) patients had financial problems to buy the dressing materials. Anxiety had statistically significant correlation with pain (r=-0.405; p=0.004), insomnia (r=0.557; p=0.0001), isolation because of smell of wounds (r=-302; p= 0.033) and with contamination wounds with stool and urine (r=0.450; p=0.001). Depression had statistically significant, direct and moderate correlation with pain (r=-0.299; p=0.035), insomnia (r=0.486; p=0.0001), and isolation because of feeling shame (r=0.444; p=0.001).