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• TITLE: The effect of protective genital care protocol on preventing diaper dermatit development in 0 - 18 month old children using antibiotics

  AUTHORS: Gülbeyaz Baran, Saniye Çimen

  KEYWORDS: Diaper Dermatit; Vaseline; 0 - 18 Month Old Children; Antibiotic; Protective Genital Care

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Nursing, Vol.3 No.1, March 29, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Diaper dermatit is among the widely seen inflamatory skin diseases in neonatals and small 0 - 18 month old children. Control of causative agents as well as providing good genital care may prevent or reduce the risk of the disease. The aim of this study is find out the effect of protective genital care on reducing the diaper dermatit development in 0 - 18 months old inpatient 0 - 18 month old children who are using antibiotic. The study was conducted as prospective half-experimetal using control-experimental groups. Our samples comprise of 0 - 18 month old children admitted at Dokuz Eylul University Practical and Research Hospital, pediatric clinic between January and May 2009, 41 0 - 18 month old children as a control group were not under protective genital care, and 42 0 - 18 month old children as an experimental group were under the protecion and using vaseline. The mothers of the experimental group 0 - 18 month old children were given education. All 0 - 18 month old children were followed-up 3 - 7 days and the collected data were evaluated in computer using Pearson’s chisquare, Fisher’s exact chi-square and Yatest-corrected chi-square tests. The diaper dermatit develop- ment ratio was 34.1% in the control group and 7.1% in the experimental group (p