ABSTRACT

EFFECTIVENESS OF PERIANAL TREATMENT USING BABY OIL

ON PREVENTION OF DIAPER DERMATITIS
Quasy- Experimental study in Neonatal Ward
Dr. Soetomo Hospital
By : Maria Anita Yusiana
Diaper Dermatitis is a cutaneus inflammation in areas covered with diaper most
commonly suffered by babies or children. This abnormality generally results from a
number of factors, such as physical (clothes and diapers), chemical (those containing in
urine and feces), enzymatic (enzymatically-reacting) chemical feces in diaper. This
inflammation can be prevented by cleaning diaper-covered areas throughly with clean
water after the baby urinating or defecating. The entire areas, including skil-folds, are
then dried, and before new diaper is put on, baby oil should be applied first. The
application of abby oil is intended to prevent ammoniac attachtement to the skin and to
easy the removal of meconium.
This was quasy-experimental study. Samples involved were 20 patients
hospitalized at Neonatal Ward, Dr Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya. Data were taken between
24 November and 24 December 2004 from the sample using purposive sampling. Based
on statistical test using Mann Whitney U Test, it was found that treatment using baby oil
was effective in preventing diaper dermatitis in neonates with significance level of
p=0,00 (p0,05). This indicated significant influence of perianal treatment using baby oil
on the prevention of diaper dermatitis. It was apparent that the use of baby oil could
prevent this tipe of dermatitis. The sugestion that cause by this riset is a bout the baby oil
should be countinuosly used to the night society and after diaper is wet diaper should be
immediately removed after the baby is urinating or defecating.

Keywords : perianal treatment, baby oil, diaper dermatitis