The Effect of Heating the Intensive Care Room in the Early Postoperative Period on Patient Outcomes

Inclusion Criteria15

• The following criteria will be included in the sample:
• 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.
• Patients who did not require mechanical ventilation.
• Patients who did not have any illness that would impair thermoregulation (such as head trauma or hypothalamic damage).
• • Patients who were not taking medications that would affect thermoregulation, such as vasodilators.
• Patients who did not have peripheral circulation problems.
• Patients who were not alcohol or substance abusers.
• Patients who did not have mental retardation.
• Patients who were conscious and oriented to person, time, and place.
• Patients who could speak Turkish.
• Patients who did not have any auditory or visual impairments.
• Patients who volunteered for the study.