Yuka Kon, MHS, RN, Department of Clinical Nursing, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan.
Yoshie Ichikawa-Shigeta, PhD, RN, Department of Gerontological Nursing/Wound Care Management, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Terumi Iuchi, PhD, RN, Department of Clinical Nursing, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan.
Yukari Nakajima, MHS, RN, Department of Clinical Nursing, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan.
Gojiro Nakagami, PhD, RN, Department of Gerontological Nursing/Wound Care Management, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Keiko Tabata, RN, Sengi Hospital, Asanogawa Medical Corporation, Kanazawa, Japan.
Hiromi Sanada, PhD, WOCN, RN, Department of Gerontological Nursing/Wound Care Management, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Junko Sugama, PhD, RN, Advanced Health Care Science Research UnitInnovative Integrated Bio-Research CoreInstitute for Frontier Science Initiative, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan.
Correspondence: Junko Sugama, PhD, RN, Advanced Health Care Science Research UnitInnovative Integrated Bio-Research CoreInstitute for Frontier Science Initiative, Kanazawa University, 5-11-80 Kodatsuno, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-0942, Japan ([email protected]).
Yuka Kon and Yoshie Ichikawa-Shigeta contributed equally to this article.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Skin barrier creams were provided by 3M Japan Group, Tokyo, Japan. The study and writing of the article was done without any financial support by any company. The company was not informed before, during, or after the study and writing of the article.
