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Evaluation of awareness regarding skin moisturisation and moisturiser usage frequency in individuals over 65 years of age
Author(s) -
Altunisik Nihal,
Kayhan Tetik Burcu,
Mete Burak
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
australasian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 1440-6381
DOI - 10.1111/ajag.12857
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , cross sectional study , family medicine , tertiary care , descriptive statistics , outpatient clinic , pathology , statistics , mathematics
Objective Skin dryness is a common dermatological problem among older people.We aimed to evaluate the frequency of moisturiser use and awareness of its benefits among older people. Methods This cross‐sectional descriptive study included 556 individuals over 65 years of age, all of whom were patients at family medicine and dermatology outpatient clinics at a tertiary teaching hospital. Data were summarised descriptively and analysed using binary logistic regression analysis. Results Of the 556 individuals who participated in the study, 241 were women and 315 were men. Moisturisers were being used by 217 patients (39%), and 91 patients (16.4%) classified the use of skin moisturisers as skincare. Conclusion We found that individuals over 65 years of age had insufficient knowledge regarding the use and benefits of skin moisturisers.