The Effect of Olive Oil and Centaury Oil on Rash

Harran University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diaper Dermatitis

Treatments: Other: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06800352

HRU-VSYO-HYSA-2024/139

Details and patient eligibility

About

Diaper dermatitis is a preventable health problem. No study evaluating the efficacy of centaury oil in diaper dermatitis was found in the literature. This study will be conducted to investigate the effect of olive oil and centaury oil in the management of diaper dermatitis.

Full description

Diaper dermatitis is estimated to have an incidence of between 7% and 35%, although the prevalence cannot be determined precisely because it is not usually seen as a disease by parents and most patients are treated at home. Prevention of diaper dermatitis should be the main approach in treatment and care. Once it occurs, the aim of treatment is to accelerate the healing of the damaged area and prevent its spread. In the prevention and treatment of diaper dermatitis, practices such as ventilating the baby's diaper, changing the diaper frequently, keeping the area dry, cleaning with appropriate methods, using barrier creams and not tying the diaper tightly have been reported to be beneficial.

In the literature, studies using methods such as water, herbal cream (chamomile cream, calendula cream, aloe vera cream), barrier cream (zinc oxide) and herbal mixture (honey, beeswax, olive oil) were found in the treatment of infants with mild to moderate diaper dermatitis. It has been stated that the rates of diaper dermatitis will continue to increase if parents are not given adequate information about appropriate care and which products are beneficial or even harmful. In conclusion, diaper dermatitis is a preventable health problem. No study evaluating the efficacy of olive oil and centaury oil in diaper dermatitis was found in the literature. This study will be conducted to examine the effect of olive oil and centaury oil in the management of diaper dermatitis.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 18 months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The baby has mild diaper dermatitis according to the diaper dermatitis severity rating scale
• The baby receives antibiotic treatment
• The baby gets additional food
• The baby is between 6-18 months

Exclusion criteria

• Infants with moderate or severe diaper dermatitis according to the diaper dermatitis severity rating scale
• Babies with open wounds on the perineum,
• Babies with any skin disease
• Babies who use barrier creams or special oils in routine care

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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45 participants in 2 patient groups

Olive Oil Application

Experimental group

Description:

The degree of diaper dermatitis will be evaluated before and after the procedure (72 hours after the first procedure) using the 'Uncomplicated Diaper Dermatitis Severity Rating Scale in Infants'. After cleaning the perineum as described to the mothers, they will be asked to apply olive oil to the perineum four times a day, 1 cc each time.

Treatment:

Other: Control

Centaury Oil Application

Experimental group

Description:

The degree of diaper dermatitis of the infants will be evaluated before and after the procedure (72 hours after the first procedure) using the 'Uncomplicated Diaper Dermatitis Severity Rating Scale in Infants'. After cleaning the perineum as described to the mothers, they will be asked to apply centaury oil to the perineum four times a day, 1 cc each time.

Treatment:

Other: Control