Skin Care
Conditions
Keywords
Newborn, skin care, extra virgin olive oil, almond oil.
Brief summary
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of extra virgin olive and almond oils on maintaining skin integrity in neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. Interventional research with two parallel groups and no control group
Detailed description
The study was conducted in the Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a training and research hospital.The total number of infants admitted to the NICU was 28. Each nurse is responsible for the care of 3 or 4 newborn babies. Skin are routines in the NICU: A skin condition assessment score is routinely performed every day (09.00 am) in all infants and moisturizing products are used for their skin care. Therefore, there was no control group in the study. Extra virgin olive oil and almond oil are among the skin care products used in the clinic routines. Therefore, the effects of the currently used oils were compared in the study
Interventions
OTHERPlant (natural) oils
Using 10 ml of plant(natural) oil once a day for daily skin care of newborns
Sponsors
Marmara University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Interventional research with two parallel groups (almond olive group and virgin olive oil group) and no control group.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
1 Hours to 72 Hours
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Neonates who were born at 37-42 weeks of gestation, were planned to be hospitalized in the NICU for at least 5 days, had a post-natal age of 0-72 hours, and were received written and verbal consent from parents were included in the study.
Exclusion criteria
* ; Neonates who were discharged before 5 days and required phototherapy were excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Neonatal skin condition score | 5 days | This is a three-point Likert-type scale to evaluate dryness, redness, peeling / deterioration in newborn baby skin. For each criterion in the evaluation of the scale score; 1 refers to the best and 3 to the worst skin condition. The highest and lowest scores on the scale are 9 and 3, respectively. A higher scale score indicates poorer skin condition |
| Skin moisture meter(DMM): | 5 days | The product shows the moisture level (0%-99.9%) in contact with the skin and does not harm the skin. It provides measurement results with high precision |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Contacts
Primary ContactAYŞE KARAKOÇ
Outcome results
None listed