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Development and Validation of a Thermal Discomfort Scale in Febrile Children During Sponging


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1 Assistant Professor, Govt. College of Nursing, Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
2 Additional Professor, Director, CERTC, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
3 Deputy Director of Nursing Education, DME, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
4 Professor, ENT Department, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
5 Assistant professor (Rtd), Consultant Biostatistician, CERTC, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
     

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Objectives:

• To Develop and validate a scale to measure the thermal discomfort in febrile children undergoing sponging.

• To Compare the thermal discomfort among febrile children undergoing either warm sponging or tepid sponging

Materials and Method: This study consisted of two steps i.e preparation of a Thermal scale and the application of the scale to compare the thermal discomfort in a sample of febrile children undergoing either warm sponging or tepid sponging. It was conducted in two Phases. Qualitative approach for the preparation of scale&Quantitative approach to compare the thermal discomfort.

Result: The reliability of the instrument was estimated by Internal Consistency Reliability; Chronbach's alpha = 0.7534 ? 0.8, The result showed that this scale has an Ideal Reliability index of 0.8. There was significant difference between the discomfort scores of warm sponging&tepid sponging (MW-U - 6381.50, P 0.0001)

Conclusion: Thermal discomfort scale developed as a composite outcome and it can be utilized in clinical setting to measure the thermal discomfort in children. The also revealed that warm sponging is better than tepid sponging in reducing thermal discomfort in children.

 


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Febrile Children, Thermal Comfort, Tepid Sponging, Warm Sponging
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Authors

M R Athirarani
Assistant Professor, Govt. College of Nursing, Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
K Rajamohanan
Additional Professor, Director, CERTC, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Y Prasanna Kumari
Deputy Director of Nursing Education, DME, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
P R Shyla
Professor, ENT Department, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Muraleedharan Nair
Assistant professor (Rtd), Consultant Biostatistician, CERTC, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Abstract


Objectives:

• To Develop and validate a scale to measure the thermal discomfort in febrile children undergoing sponging.

• To Compare the thermal discomfort among febrile children undergoing either warm sponging or tepid sponging

Materials and Method: This study consisted of two steps i.e preparation of a Thermal scale and the application of the scale to compare the thermal discomfort in a sample of febrile children undergoing either warm sponging or tepid sponging. It was conducted in two Phases. Qualitative approach for the preparation of scale&Quantitative approach to compare the thermal discomfort.

Result: The reliability of the instrument was estimated by Internal Consistency Reliability; Chronbach's alpha = 0.7534 ? 0.8, The result showed that this scale has an Ideal Reliability index of 0.8. There was significant difference between the discomfort scores of warm sponging&tepid sponging (MW-U - 6381.50, P 0.0001)

Conclusion: Thermal discomfort scale developed as a composite outcome and it can be utilized in clinical setting to measure the thermal discomfort in children. The also revealed that warm sponging is better than tepid sponging in reducing thermal discomfort in children.

 


Keywords


Febrile Children, Thermal Comfort, Tepid Sponging, Warm Sponging

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