Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Diaper Dermatitis: Prevention and Treatment With Airtime

TriHealth

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Diaper Dermatitis

Treatments: Other: Air Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06958003

24-091

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of 3-5 minutes air therapy for the prevention and treatment of diaper dermatitis in infants 30 weeks and older receiving care in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Enrollment: 320 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 weeks to 1 year old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Receiving care at Good Samaritan Hospital NICU
• At least 30 weeks gestation at birth and corrected or older or corrected gestation
• Birth to 1 year old
• Stable vital signs (temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation)

Exclusion criteria

• Parent/legal guardian unable or unavailable to consent to involvement in the study
• Congenital malformation impacting diaper area or spine

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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320 participants in 2 patient groups

Air Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Patients with receive 3-5 minutes of air therapy in addition to routine diaper care

Treatment:

Other: Air Therapy

Routine Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients will receive routine diaper care