Cleanser Versus Only Water

Akdeniz University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Premature Birth

Treatments: Procedure: Bathing With Baby Cleanser and water; Procedure: Bathing With only Water

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04720989

KAEK-929

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the newborn's first bath with a cleaning product and only water on the barrier function of the skin.

Full description

Studies in the literature on the effects of newborn bath types on the effects of body temperature on newborn crying times, on the effects of newborn behavior and stress, the views and practices of mothers with newborn babies on baby bathing, and the effects of bath types on the umbilical cord in term babies, and the effects of bath products on newborns. It seems that there are studies done. However, although studies on the effect of the cleaning product used in the first bath of late preterm and term newborns on the skin barrier are limited in number for term newborns, there are almost no studies for late preterm newborns. The hypotheses of this study are as follows; 1. In late preterm and term newborns, the first bath with cleaning product protects the newborns' Transepidermal Fluid Loss better than the first bath with only water. 2. In late preterm and term newborns, the first bath with cleansing product keeps the skin pH levels of newborns at a more optimal level compared to the first bath with only water.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 34 to 42 weeks old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Born between 34 weeks + 0 days and 42 weeks + 6 days (late preterm and term),
• With a body weight of 1800g or more,
• Spontaneous breathing,
• Preterms with stable physiological parameters will be included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Receiving mechanical ventilation support,
• Mother's baby with HIV, Hepatitis B,
• Preterms who had a bath before the intervention,
• Surgical operation and incision in any area,
• Preterms with a central catheter,
• Preterms with systemic infections,
• Preterms using sedatives and / or muscle relaxants,
• Preterms with congenital or chromosomal anomalies

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

Bathing With Baby Cleanser

Experimental group

Description:

Skin cleansing products will be used in the first baths of the participants in this group.

Treatment:

Procedure: Bathing With Baby Cleanser and water

Bathing With only Water

Experimental group

Description:

Only water will be used in the first baths of the participants in this group.

Treatment:

Procedure: Bathing With only Water