Department of Internal Diseases Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey (Dr Karadağ); Department of Internal Diseases Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, İzmir Bakırçay University, İzmir, Turkey (Dr Akça); Department of Internal Diseases Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, İzmir University of Economics, İzmir, Turkey (Dr Çürük); and İncesu Vocational School, Kayseri University, Kayseri, Turkey (Mr Kaplan).
Holist Nurs Pract. 2021;35(1):34-39. doi: 10.1097/HNP.0000000000000420.
Dry skin, which is one of the most frequent dermatological problems seen in the elderly population, is an important problem that increases with aging. This study was conducted as a randomized controlled experimental trial to determine the effect of aromatherapy, applied to elderly persons residing in a nursing home in a city center, on dry skin. Elderly persons were grouped into a control group (20 elderly persons), an olive oil group (20 elderly persons), and an aromatherapy group (20 elderly persons). When examining between-measurements differences of the groups in the study, skin moisture levels of the elderly individuals in the aromatherapy group increased in all zones, arm, leg, back, and chest, at measurements of the second and fourth weeks compared with the first measurements. This improvement was determined to be higher after the second week. Skin moisture levels of elderly persons in the olive oil group were determined to significantly increase at the arm zone in the fourth week and at the back zone in the second and fourth weeks compared with the first measurements. Skin moisture levels of elderly persons in the control group, on the contrary, did not change in the second and fourth weeks compared with the first measurements and their dry skin continued at the same level. The intervention performed in this manner in the present study can be used in the clinical practice as an effective nursing intervention to reducing dry skin among elderly persons.
干燥皮肤是老年人中最常见的皮肤科问题之一，随着年龄的增长，这是一个重要的问题。本研究采用随机对照实验的方法，研究了芳香疗法对市中心养老院老年人干燥皮肤的影响。将老年人分为对照组（20 人）、橄榄油组（20 人）和芳香疗法组（20 人）。在研究中，当比较组间测量差异时，与第一次测量相比，在第二和第四周，芳香疗法组的老年人在所有区域（手臂、腿部、背部和胸部）的皮肤水分水平都有所增加。第二周后，这种改善被确定为更高。橄榄油组的老年人在第四周时手臂区域和第二和第四周背部区域的皮肤水分水平与第一次测量相比显著增加。相比之下，对照组的老年人在第二和第四周与第一次测量相比，皮肤水分水平没有变化，他们的干燥皮肤仍然处于同一水平。在本研究中以这种方式进行的干预可以作为一种有效的护理干预措施，用于临床实践中，以减少老年人的干燥皮肤。
