From the Cochrane library: Hygiene and emollient interventions for maintaining skin integrity in older people in hospital and residential care settings

Kathleen M Mulligan; Katie A O'Connell; Alexandra da Silva; Mindy D Szeto; Torunn E Sivesind; Fiona Cowdell; Judith Dyson; Robert P Dellavalle

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2022.08.008

From the Cochrane library: Hygiene and emollient interventions for maintaining skin integrity in older people in hospital and residential care settings

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 Dec;87(6):1428-1431. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.08.008. Epub 2022 Aug 6.

Authors

Kathleen M Mulligan¹, Katie A O'Connell², Alexandra da Silva³, Mindy D Szeto⁴, Torunn E Sivesind⁴, Fiona Cowdell⁵, Judith Dyson⁵, Robert P Dellavalle⁶

Affiliations

¹ Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ College of Medicine, California Northstate University, Elk Grove, California.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
⁵ Faculty of Health Education and Life Sciences, Birmingham City University, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
⁶ Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado. Electronic address: Robert.dellavalle@ucdenver.edu.

PMID: 35944812
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.08.008

No abstract available

Keywords: RCT; aging; barrier function; cochrane; emollient; geriatric; hygiene; randomized controlled trial; residential care; systematic review.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Emollients* / therapeutic use
Hospitals
Humans
Hygiene*
Skin Care

Substances

Emollients