Abstract

Background Incontinence Associated Dermatitis is an inflammation of the skin that occurs when urine or feces comes in contact with the perineum. The use of a skin barrier that contains moisturizers can prevent skin inflammation. The mechanism of action of moisturizers is found in aloe vera and olive oil, as well as accelerating wound healing, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial. Objective To identify the effect of skin barrier aloe vera and olive oil on the prevention of Incontinence Associated Dermatitis in immobility patients. Methods The study was a Quasi-Experiment post-test-only comparison group design. The population was newly admitted immobility patients without Incontinence Associated Dermatitis. A sample of 66 people was divided into the control group and the intervention group, sampling using purposive sampling, analyzed using the Mann Whitney and Kruskal Wallis tests. Results The results showed that there were differences in the values of the three groups, namely the aloe vera, olive oil, and control groups (p= 0.003), with the highest control mean value. Conclusion This study revealed that immobility patients who were not given the skin barrier using aloe vera or olive oil experienced the most Incontinence Associated Dermatitis.
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Date

2011

Authors

Peter Bajcsy, Kenton McHenry, Mayank Kejriwal

Journal

SPIE Newsroom