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This study has tested an infrared radiation surgical gown (IRSG) and a carbon nanofiber thermal pad (CNTP) to verify the potential of these new warming therapies for the prevention of hypothermia in spinal surgery patients. The study is a quasi-experimental study using the non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The study period was from July 14 to November 30, 2014, and subjects were an IRSG group of 28 patients, a CNTP group of 30 patients and a control group of 28 patients who were admitted to E university hospital in D city to have spinal surgery. The collected data were analyzed using PASW Statistics 20.0. χ²-test and ANOVA were used to test homogeneity among the three groups, and ANCOVA was used to measure temperature changes and subjective thermal discomfort in order to verify the effectiveness of the experimental treatments. As a result, from 75 minutes after tube insert (F = 8.142, p = .001) to the time of its removal (F = 36.825, p<.001), esophageal temperatures in the IRSG group and the CNTP group were significantly higher than in the control group. The three groups had significantly high tympanic temperatures with the CNTP group showing the highest temperatures followed by the IRSG and the control group from the time of entering the recovery room (F = 42.820, p<.001) to 30 minutes after (F = 51.966, p<.001). Also the IRSG group and the CNTP group showed significantly low subjective thermal discomfort at 15 minutes after entering the recovery room (F = 6.737, p = .002). The study has confirmed that IRSG and CNTP applied to spinal surgery patients are effective in preventing hypothermia and reducing thermal discomfort during and after surgery. Warming therapy must be provided to patients undergoing spinal surgery under general anesthesia, and hopefully, IRSG and CNTP will be used as an independent nursing intervention.

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Abstract
 1. Introduction
 2. Methods
  2.1. Research Design
  2.2. Subject
  2.3. Measurements
  2.4. Data Analysis:
 3. Results
  3.1. Test of Homogeneity between Experimental and Control Groups
  3.2. Differences in Esophageal Temperature between Warming Therapies during Surgery
  3.3. Differences in Tympanic Temperature between Warming Therapies after Surgery, in the Recovery Room
  3.4. Differences in Subjective Thermal Discomfort between Warm Therapies in a Recovery room after Surgery.
  3.5. Difference between the Experimental Groups and the Control Group in the Application of the Forced-air warming during and after the Surgery
 4. Conclusion
 References

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저자

• Keun Young Ham [ Department of Nursing, , Eulji University Hospital ]
• Hye Young Ahn [ College of Nursing, Eulji University, Daejeon, South Korea ]
• Hye Seon Choi [ Department of Nursing, Woosuk University ]

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• 간행물명

  International Journal of Bio-Science and Bio-Technology

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  격월간

• pISSN

  2233-7849

• 수록기간

  2009~2016

• 등재여부

  SCOPUS

• 십진분류

  KDC 505 DDC 605