The Effectiveness of Coconut Oil Cream as a Prevention Treatment for Occupational Hand Dermatitis Among Batik Workers

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-05-14
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

Empirically, mosturizer is used to prevent and treat many occupational dermatoses that has skin barrier impairment. Evidence based medicine about the effectivity of mosturizer in occupational dermatoses is limited. Coconut oil is one of traditional substance that is used as a skin care. There is study shows that coconut oil is effective for atopic dermatitis treatment in children. Other studies are needed to assess the effectivity coconut oil mosturizer cream to overcome occupational hand dermatitis.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Indonesia

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• signing the informed consent document before the study start

• adult population include patients between the ages of 18 and 64 years who work in the dyeing and washing process more than 6 months.

• suffering from occupational hand dermatitis that meet Mathias Criteria.

• willing to obey the research protocol

• willing to fill in diary periodically

Exclusion Criteria:

• having history of allergy or irritation caused by coconut oil or other mosturizer

• suffering from symptoms including edema, exudation, crust, fissures, liver problems, and signs of infection

• on corticosteroid treatment ( medium to high potency) or on systemic immunosuppressive therapy