Effectiveness of Three Types of Moisturizers on Senile Dry Skin: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial

Table 2

Participant characteristics.

		Group A (n = 6)	Group B (n = 7)	Group C (n = 5)	Conventional care group (n = 4)	value
Age, years	Mean ± SD	84.8 ± 8.2	85.6 ± 7.5	93.2 ± 3.0	91.3 ± 3.3	0.117
Sex, n (%)	Male	3 (50.0)	3 (42.9)	0 (0.0)	1(25.0)	0.293
	Female	3 (50.0)	4 (57.1)	5 (100.0)	3 (75.0)
Underlying disease, n (%)	Dementia	0 (0.0)	4 (57.1)	3 (60.0)	2 (50.0)	0.121
	Heart disease	1 (16.7)	1 (14.3)	1 (20.0)	1 (25.0)	0.975
	Renal disease	0 (0.0)	1 (14.3)	1 (20.0)	1 (25.0)	0.668
	Diabetes	2 (33.3)	1 (14.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0.334
	Cerebral infarction	1 (16.7)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (25.0)	0.417
Degree of nursing care, n (%)	1	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0.064
	2	1 (16.7)	0 (0.0)	2 (40.0)	0 (0.0)
	3	2 (33.3)	4 (57.1)	2 (40.0)	0 (0.0)
	4	3 (50.0)	3 (42.9)	1 (20.0)	2 (50.0)
	5	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (50.0)