The Effects of an Education Program to Improve Dry Skin conditions, in Community-dwelling Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Trial

The Effects of Education Program for Improve Dry Skin conditions, in Community-dwelling Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Trial - The Effects of Education Program for Improving Dry Skin in Community-dwelling Elderly

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000043375

Enrollment

Registered

2021-02-20

Start date

2021-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Dry skin

Interventions

Continuous support for 4 months and follow-up for 2 months by a nurse 6 face-to-face sessions over a period of 4 months To give a textbook and a self-management handbook To provide moisturizer T

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Community-dwelling elderly aged 65 or over. 2)with dry skin. 3) Those who have not been certified as long-term care, or those who have been classified as Support Required 1 or 2. 4) Those with enough cognitive and communicative ability to be trained in skincare and practice it. 5) Those who have the ability to apply moisturizer by themselves. 6) Those in preparation for the transtheoretical model of behavior change.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1)Those who have intense pruritic scratches and bleeding on the skin. 2)Those with skin health impairment; ulcer, wound, lymphedema. 3)Those who are using prescribed moisturizers, etc. 4)Those who have used short-term stay for care for 12 days or more per month on average for the past 3 months. 5)Those who respond to Patch testing.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The change of water content of the stratum corneum in the anterior surface of the lower leg over a 6 month period from the beginning of intervention.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The change of water content of the stratum corneum in the anterior surface of the lower leg over a 4month period from the beginning of intervention. The change of water content of the stratum corneum in the surface of the forearm. Symptoms of dry skin (scale, rhagades, feeling of dryness, pruritus). Actions related to skin care (frequency of moisturizer use, frequency of bathing agent use, how take moisturizer is used, actions when bathing, environmental adjustment). Frequency of skin observations. Amount of moisturizer used (in 4months and 6months from the beginning of intervention).	—

Measure

Time frame

The change of water content of the stratum corneum in the anterior surface of the lower leg over a 4month period from the beginning of intervention. The change of water content of the stratum corneum in the surface of the forearm. Symptoms of dry skin (scale, rhagades, feeling of dryness, pruritus). Actions related to skin care (frequency of moisturizer use, frequency of bathing agent use, how take moisturizer is used, actions when bathing, environmental adjustment). Frequency of skin observations. Amount of moisturizer used (in 4months and 6months from the beginning of intervention).

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Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactMotoe Nakamura

Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing Gerontological Nursing

nakamura@jrchcn.ac.jp0829-20-2800

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026