Barrier cream skin#

All subjects were elderly women with IAD of the buttock or inner thigh. We used block randomization to obtain a random sample of 6 (4 experimental and 2 control) out of 10 available wards. The study was conducted in a long-term care facility in Japan between November 7, 2011, and May 6, 2012. Single-blind, cluster randomized controlled trial.

Barrier cream skin#

We measured the following outcomes: (1) skin physiological characteristics indicating skin protection and enhancement of the skin's moisture barrier (stratum corneum hydration, dermis hydration level, transepidermal water loss, and skin pH) and (2) changes in skin appearance (the degree of erythema and pigmentation, and the sulcus cutis condition). The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a skin barrier cream with moisturization and skin-protectant characteristics for improving the severity of incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) pertaining to the skin physiology and appearance. Junko Sugama, PhD, RN, Advanced Health Care Science Research UnitInnovative Integrated Bio-Research CoreInstitute for Frontier Science Initiative, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan.

Hiromi Sanada, PhD, WOCN, RN, Department of Gerontological Nursing/Wound Care Management, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Keiko Tabata, RN, Sengi Hospital, Asanogawa Medical Corporation, Kanazawa, Japan. Gojiro Nakagami, PhD, RN, Department of Gerontological Nursing/Wound Care Management, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Yukari Nakajima, MHS, RN, Department of Clinical Nursing, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan.

Terumi Iuchi, PhD, RN, Department of Clinical Nursing, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan. Yoshie Ichikawa-Shigeta, PhD, RN, Department of Gerontological Nursing/Wound Care Management, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. 1 Yuka Kon, MHS, RN, Department of Clinical Nursing, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan.