The Effect of Heating the Intensive Care Room in the Early Postoperative Period on Patient Outcomes
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorCukurova University
About this trial
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of heating the intensive care room in the early postoperative period on patient outcomes.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patients who underwent elective abdominal surgery and were admitted to intensive care after surgery.
Patients aged 18 and over.
Patients whose body temperature on the morning of surgery was neither below 36°C nor above 37.5°C.
Patients who did not have a pacemaker, dementia, advanced spasticity, muscle atrophy, peripheral lesions, osteoporosis, skin irritation, diabetes, hypertension, or obesity.
Disqualifiers
Patients who do not meet the sampling criteria, who develop postoperative complications (bleeding, intubation, stenosis, necrosis, ileus, dermatitis, parastomal herniation, etc.), and whose relatives do not consent to the study will not be included in the study.
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
The rooms of the intervention group patients will be heated before they come to intensive care and the temperature of the room will be increased.
Other interventionThe rooms of the intervention group patients will be heated before they come to intensive care and the temperature of the room will be increased.
Treatment groups
70 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: no intervention groupNo intervention 0 interventions
Group B: intervention groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
The Thermal Comfort Scale (TKS)
The Thermal Comfort Scale (TKS) is a Likert-type scale developed by Wagner and colleagues in 2006. Although it was developed to assess the thermal comfort perception of preoperative patients, the authors state that it is also suitable for evaluating conscious postoperative patients. The scale assesses the patient's thermal comfort perception based on self-report. The scale consists of 13 items, each scored from 1 to 6. A higher score indicates a higher thermal comfort perception.
Time frame
6 months2
Temperature Comfort Perception Scale (TPS)
The Temperature Comfort Perception Scale is a visual analog scale developed by Wagner and colleagues to objectively assess patients' perception of temperature comfort. It is scored based on patient self-reporting from 0 (extremely cold) to 10 (extremely hot), with a score of 5 representing optimal temperature comfort.
Time frame
6 months3
Numerical Pain Assessment Scale (SAS)
This study planned to use a 10-point pain scale, with 0 representing no pain and 10 representing the most unbearable pain. In the study, patients will be asked to select the number that best describes their pain intensity.
Time frame
6 months4
Tremor Level Assessment Scale (TRS)
Tremor Level Assessment Scale (TRS) This form, used to assess patients' tremor levels, was developed based on literature. The form was developed using the studies of Badjaita et al. (2008) and May et al. (2011), and was based on criteria for determining the level of tremor based on observation. Tremor level will be assessed based on observation as follows: 0 (absent), 1 (mild; tremor localized only to the neck and/or thorax), 2 (moderate; tremor in the neck, thorax, and upper extremities), and 3 (severe; tremor in the trunk, upper, and lower extremities).
Time frame
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