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Effects of perioperative warm socks‐wearing in maintaining core body temperature of patients undergoing spinal surgery

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  • Hui Yeon Lee
  • Gaeun Kim
  • Yeonghee Shin

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Aims and objectives To investigate whether warming the feet with socks would prevent hypothermia among patients undergoing spinal surgery. Background Perioperative hypothermia is a common health problem among spinal surgery patients. Research design This study used a quasi‐experimental design. Methods Seventy‐two patients were assigned to two groups. The control group (n = 36) received usual care without the warmed socks. The intervention group (n = 36) received usual care plus warmed socks during operation and recovery period. Data were collected during (180 min) and after the surgery (30 min) during the period of 7 February–10 April 2015. Core body temperature, shivering response and subjective thermal comfort of the two groups were compared over time using the repeated‐measures ANOVA. Results The oesophageal temperature of the socks‐wearing group was maintained between 36.36–36.45°C during surgery (mean = 36.41 ± 0.03, 95% CI = 36.34–36.47), whereas that of the control was between 35.75–35.97°C (mean = 35.98 ± 0.03, 95% CI = 35.92–36.04). The tympanic temperature in the recovery room of the socks‐wearing group was between 36.28–36.38°C (mean = 36.37 ± 0.04, 95% CI = 36.29–36.45) and that of the control group was 35.90–36.04°C (mean = 35.95 ± 0.04, 95% CI = 35.88–36.05). Shivering response of the intervention group (mean = 0.04 ± 0.08, 95% CI = −0.13 to 0.21) was significantly lower than that of the control group (mean = 0.47 ± 0.08, 95% CI = 0.30–0.64) in the recovery room (F = 4.28, p

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  • Hui Yeon Lee & Gaeun Kim & Yeonghee Shin, 2018. "Effects of perioperative warm socks‐wearing in maintaining core body temperature of patients undergoing spinal surgery," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(7-8), pages 1399-1407, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:27:y:2018:i:7-8:p:1399-1407
    DOI: 10.1111/jocn.14284
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