In the era of globalisation and digitization, improved employment access, high female literacy rate and exposure to electronic media has laid a lot of importance to marketing communications in shaping the consumer buying behavior in skin care products. In this research study impact of advertising and sales promotions on consumer buying behavior in skin care products has been analysed. This pape...

Superficial skin damages, including stage II pressure ulcer, skin tears and moisture-associated skin damages (MASDs) are common and constitute a significant disease burden to the health care system. A cost analysis was conducted by comparing a cyanoacrylate barrier film with routine care in the treatment of superficial skin damages in a chronic care facility. The analysis included 12 patients: ...

Dermatitis of hands is a problem among nurses. The aim of this prospective questionnaire based survey was to analyze practice and knowledge of skin care of medical and surgical nurses. 250 questionnaires were distributed. 49% of respondent stated that they perform skin care at least 1-2 times/day. After hand-wash 15% of participants perform skin protection, after hand-disinfection only 2%. 40% ...

Introduction The skin represents an effective barrier to the environment, which can be treated and supported by the topical application of skin care products, such as oils or oil-based formulations. Skin care products with a high lipid content are recommended for the care of dry skin and inflammatory skin conditions. Pure oils (emollients) as well as oils integrated in diverse formulations are ...

BACKGROUND Heart rate has been used to measure infants' physiological stability during skin-to-skin holding. Variability in heart period (interbeat interval), a more sensitive measure of autonomic nervous system tone, has not. OBJECTIVE To describe heart period variability in intubated very-low-birth-weight infants during incubator care and during maternal skin-to-skin holding. DESIGN/METHO...

Objective: Sensitive skin is a dermatological condition that frequently observed and causes discomfort in individuals. Therefore, individuals with sensitive must carefully choose care makeup habits. Our aims this study were to conduct the first prevalence Turkey identify habits.
 Methods: An online prospective controlled survey was conducted among 1037 women. Participants without aged >...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence of different types of skin diseases among 657 children who were seen during one year period (oct. 1971-setp. 1972) at the skin clinics of the isfahan university hospital. the incidence of different types of skin disease was compared with those of the adults. in general this study shows that in isfahan area the incidence of skin infectio...

background: to evaluate the satisfaction of mothers with the quality of care provided by maternity institutions in east kazakhstan on the basis of the “quality of hospital care for mothers and newborn babies, assessment tool” (who, 2009). methods: this cross-sectional study took place in 2013 and covered five maternity hospitals in east kazakhstan (one referral, two urban and two rural). to obt...