Clinical trial NCT06545422: Effect of St. John's Wort Oil on Skin Moisture in Intensive Care Patients
Official title: Effect of St. John's Wort Oil on Skin Moisture in Intensive Care Patients
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Skin Moisture
Keywords: skin moisture
pressure ulcer
nursing
St. John's wort oil
Lead sponsor: Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-08-09
Enrollment: 140
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Prospective pretest-posttest controlled study
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of St. John's wort oil application on skin moisture in intensive care patients. The study is a prospective pre-test-post-test controlled experimental research.It has been observed that St. John's wort oil has an effect on the skin moisture of intensive care patients.

Detailed description: Effect of St. John's Wort oil on skin moisture in intensive care patients.

The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of St. John's wort oil application on skin moisture in intensive care patients. The study is a prospective pre-test-post-test controlled experimental research.

Research data was collected at Eskisehir City Hospital, between September 1, 2023 and March 1, 2024. Descriptive Characteristics Form, Braden Risk Assessment Scale, Moisture Meter Device and St. John's wort oil were used to collect data. In the sample size power analysis of the study, the total number of samples was found to be 138 with test power ( 1-β) 0.80, α(alpha)=0.05, effect level 0.10. The research was conducted on a total of 140 patients, 70 in the experimental group and 70 in the control group. St. John's wort oil was applied to the experimental group and routine nursing care was applied to the control group for 21 days. Independent Sample t test, ANOVA (Repeated Measures test), Mann- Whitney U test, Wilcoxon test and Pearson-χ 2 cross tables were used to evaluate the data.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Admission to intensive care due to internal diseases diagnosis
* The patient is immobile
* The area to be applied is determined as the Coccyx and the tissue in this area must be intact.
* No allergy to St. John's Wort oil
* No circulatory disorders in the applied area

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having a complicated diagnosis such as cancer
* Having any disease that has spread to the entire skin
* Having an allergy to topical medications or plant extracts
* The patient has different variations such as surgical operation and intensive care change (post-operative follow-up patient)
* The patient has a diagnosis of a skin disease such as dermatitis
* A wound in the coccyx area

Primary outcomes:
measure: Experimental Group Results
timeFrame: Measurements were made every day from day 0 to day 20. Measurements were made every day from day 0 to day 20.
measure: Control Group Results
timeFrame: Measurements were made every day from day 0 to day 20. Measurements were made every day from day 0 to day 20.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Eskişehir
country: Turkey
facility: Ayşenur ÖZENÇ KOLUTEK
Study officials:
affiliation: student of the institution
name: Ayşenur ÖZENÇ KOLUTEK, researcher
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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