Application Evaluation of Newborn Home Skin Care Management System Under the Service of "WeChat Platform+Health Care"

NCT06544096 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2024/6/7
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 692
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Through the establishment of the newborn home skin care management system under the service of "WeChat platform+health care", the investigators focus on the common skin problems of newborns at home, push health education materials through the system, teach parents the methods and details of home skin care, and evaluate the effect of the system on reducing the incidence of newborn home skin problems and the prognosis of home skin problems through cluster randomized controlled research.

Conditions

Infants

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Incidence of diaper dermatitis in newborns at home

  The proportion of people with diaper dermatitis in the total number of people in the study.The diagnosis of diaper dermatitis is based on any rash in the diaper area reported by parents.

  Within two months after birth

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Incidence rate of neonatal home atopic dermatitis (AD)

  Within two months after birth

• Rate of Hospital Visits for Skin Problems

  Within two months after birth

• Parental Knowledge of Home Skincare

  Within two months after birth

Study Arms (2)

the control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Routine health education

Behavioral: control group (routine health education)

Using"WeChat platform+health care" group

EXPERIMENTAL

Use"WeChat platform+health care"

Behavioral: intervention group (WeChat platform + healthcare)

Interventions

intervention group (WeChat platform + healthcare) BEHAVIORAL

The study will implement the WeChat-based Neonatal Home Skin Care Management System, designed based on neonatal skin characteristics and evidence-based care guidelines. The intervention materials included a WeChat platform functional module (comprising a newborn information registration interface, online consultation, and questionnaire features) along with standard educational brochures used in the control group. During hospitalization, study group healthcare providers will deliver standard health education (identical to the control group) while additionally guiding mothers through platform registration and data entry, with demonstrations of system functionality. Post-discharge, the system automatically will deliver stage-appropriate skin care recommendations based on neonatal age with read reminders prompting parental engagement. Parents can access educational materials or submit queries at any time, while researchers utilize the platform for survey distribution.

Using"WeChat platform+health care" group

control group (routine health education) BEHAVIORAL

When the parturient is discharged from the hospital, the medical staff of the control unit will give the parturient health education about the discharge of the newborn. The contents of the education include neonatal jaundice, umbilical care, vaccination, 42-day follow-up, breastfeeding and so on, which are not included in the system.

the control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 1 Day - 2 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Newborns born in normal delivery (gestational age ≧35w)
• Newborns' parents can cooperate, have certain learning, reading and understanding abilities, and have the ability to care for newborns
• Voluntary participation in this study.

You may not qualify if:

• Newborns requiring hospitalization.
• Newborns diagnosed with congenital skin diseases.
• The newborn mother has mental illness.
• The newborn mother has a serious illness and needs hospitalization.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Children's Hospital of Fudan University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Children's Hospital of Fudan University

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 201102, China

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Yang T, Chen Y, Dou Y, Qiu M, Wang Y, Jiang S, Hu X. Parent-guided home skin care for infants via a WeChat platform: a study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2025 Oct 31;26(1):458. doi: 10.1186/s13063-025-09186-x.

  PMID: 41174684 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Delivery of Health Care; Control Groups

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Patient Care Management; Health Services Administration; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Epidemiologic Research Design; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Research Design; Methods

Study Officials

• Hu Xiaojing, PhD

  Children's Hospital of Fudan University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 29, 2024
• First Posted: August 9, 2024
• Study Start: August 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: September 30, 2024
• Study Completion: January 15, 2025
• Last Updated: April 9, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CN (1)