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Effect of Coconut Oil Application in Reducing Water Loss From Skin of Premature Babies in First Week of Life (TEWL)

NCT01364948 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 74

Last updated 2011-06-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The skin of newborn infants is immature and ineffective as a barrier. Preterm skin exhibits even more vulnerability to the environment due to poor self regulatory heat mechanisms, paucity of fatty tissue and its thinness. Most preterm babies lose up to 13% of their weight as water loss from their skin during the first week of life. Many strategies have been utilized by neonatologists to decrease this water loss. Oil application on the skin can act as a non permeable barrier and can help in reducing water loss from the skin. Edible coconut oil, often used for traditional massage of babies by Indian communities, is culturally acceptable and Hence the investigators decided to undertake this study to objectively assess the reduction in water loss from skin after oil application

Conditions

  • Trans Epidermal Water Loss (TEWL)

Interventions

OTHER

Coconut oil application

Four ml coconut oil application twice daily for first week

OTHER

No oil application

Oil application was not done

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dr Sushma Nangia, MBBS, MD · All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Hours
Max Age
168 Hours
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-01-31
Primary Completion
2006-11-30
Completion
2006-12-31

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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