Use of olive oil and warm water in bathing intervention in preventing risk of skin integrity damage in total care patients with chronic disease: A case study

Abstract

A B S T R A C T Chronic disease in total care patients can lead the damage of skin integrity. The skin integrity damage can be affected by various patient's conditions, including physical immobilization, treatment, changes in skin turgor, immune decline, age, environmental changes, and the effects of the diseases. It can make the complications of the patient condition such as infection so that can cause the longer length of stay and higher of hospitalization costs. This research aims to identify the use of olive oil and warm water in bathing intervention in preventing the risk of skin integrity damage in total care patients with chronic disease. This case occurred in a full care patient with chronic illness. The skin integrity was assessed by Braden score while the patient condition assessed through observations. Finding of this study is bathing the patient using olive oil and warm water has a calming effect on the patient and preventing damage to the integrity of the skin. Use of olive oil and warm water in bathing intervention can be avoiding the risk of skin integrity damage in total care patients with chronic disease. Keywords: Bathing intervention, olive oil, risk of skin integrity damage, skin integrity, warm water bathing