Ok Bun Park; Heejung Choi

doi:10.4040/jkan.2010.40.3.317

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The Effect of Pre-warming for Patients under Abdominal Surgery on Body Temperature, Anxiety, Pain, and Thermal Comfort: Ok Bun Park, Heejung Choi; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2010;40(3):317-325.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2010.40.3.317
Published online: June 30, 2010

¹Head Nurse, Operation Room, Konkuk University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

²Professor, Department of Nursing, Konkuk University, Chungju, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Park, Ok Bun. Operation Room, Konkuk University Hospital, 4-12 Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-729, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2030-5463, Fax: 82-2-2030-5422, bada@kuh.ac.kr

• Received: July 22, 2009 • Accepted: May 19, 2010

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Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of pre-warming on body temperature, anxiety, pain, and thermal comfort.
Methods
Forty patients who were scheduled for abdominal surgery were recruited as study participants and were assigned to the experimental or control group. For the experimental group, a forced air warmer was applied for 45-90 min (M=68.25, SD=15.50) before surgery. Body temperature and anxiety were measured before and after the experiment, but pain and thermal comfort were assessed only after the surgery. Hypotheses were tested using t-test and repeated measured ANOVA.
Results
The experimental group showed higher body temperature than the control group from right before induction to two hours after surgery. Post-operative anxiety and pain in the experimental group were less than those of the control group. In addition, the score of thermal comfort was significantly higher in the experiment group.
Conclusion
Pre-warming is effective in maintaining body temperature, lowering sensitivity to pain and anxiety, and promoting thermal comfort. Therefore, pre-warming can be recommended as a preoperative nursing intervention.
Keywords: Preoperative care; Body temperature; Anxiety; Pain; Temperature sense

This study is a part of first author's master's thesis.

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Figure 1

Study design.

Figure 2

Body temperature change for one hour from induction.

Table 1

Homogeneity between Experimental Group and Control Group

STAI=State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; VAS=Visual analogue scale.

Table 2

Mean differences in Body Temperature (℃), Anxiety, Pain and Thermal Comfort

^*The number of person who was taken the additional pain medicine for 2 hr since end of surgery.

VAS=Visual analogue scale; STAI=State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.

Table 3

Repeated Measure ANOVA of Intra-operative Body Temperature

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The Effect of Pre-warming for Patients under Abdominal Surgery on Body Temperature, Anxiety, Pain, and Thermal Comfort

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2010;40(3):317-325. Published online June 30, 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2010.40.3.317

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The Effect of Pre-warming for Patients under Abdominal Surgery on Body Temperature, Anxiety, Pain, and Thermal Comfort

Figure 1 Study design.

Figure 2 Body temperature change for one hour from induction.

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The Effect of Pre-warming for Patients under Abdominal Surgery on Body Temperature, Anxiety, Pain, and Thermal Comfort

Table 1

Homogeneity between Experimental Group and Control Group

STAI=State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; VAS=Visual analogue scale.

Table 2

Mean differences in Body Temperature (℃), Anxiety, Pain and Thermal Comfort

^*The number of person who was taken the additional pain medicine for 2 hr since end of surgery.

VAS=Visual analogue scale; STAI=State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.

Table 3

Repeated Measure ANOVA of Intra-operative Body Temperature

Table 1 Homogeneity between Experimental Group and Control Group

STAI=State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; VAS=Visual analogue scale.

Table 2 Mean differences in Body Temperature (℃), Anxiety, Pain and Thermal Comfort

^*The number of person who was taken the additional pain medicine for 2 hr since end of surgery.