The Effect of Using Vaseline after Bathing on Bedridden Older Adults

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  • Yamamoto Michiyo
    Hokkaido University of Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing

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  • 要介護高齢者に対する入浴直後のワセリン塗布による保湿効果持続性の調査
  • ヨウカイゴコウレイシャ ニ タイスル ニュウヨク チョクゴ ノ ワセリン トフ ニ ヨル ホシツコウカ ジゾクセイ ノ チョウサ

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<p>  This study sought to clarify the persistence of the moisturizing effects of applying Vaseline for older adults immediately after bathing. Fifty-one hospitalized patients’ forearm and lower leg stratum corneum hydration were measured on the day before bathing and the first, second, and third day of bathing. The stratum corneum hydration was measured by Mobile Moisture HP10-N®, in which 25 or more indicates sufficient water content. Changes were analyzed over 4 days, with a measured value of ≥25 for the non-dry group and <25 for the dry group. As a result, sufficient water content was maintained in the non-dry forearm and lower leg groups, but the moisturizing effects were unclear because there was no difference in the measured values before and after the Vaseline application. In the dry forearm group, water content increased significantly the first day and increased to a sufficient level the third day. In the dry lower leg group, the first and second days, stratum corneum hydration increased significantly, but water content was insufficient. Regarding Vaseline application to elderly persons immediately after bathing, these results indicate that the moisturizing effects on the non-dry forearm and lower leg groups were unclear. Moreover, the moisturizing effects persisted for 3 days in the dry forearm group but were insufficient for the dry lower leg group.</p>

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