Table 3.
Temperature monitoring and patient warming applications according to the hospital types the participants worked
| Government hospitals n (%) |
Training and research hospitals n (%) |
Private hospitals n (%) |
University hospitals n (%) |
p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The most frequent site for body temperature measurements (n=253) | Axilla | 23 (62.2) | 32 (50.0) | 6 (26.1)a*** | 33 (25.6) | 0.001 |
| Oesophagus | 9 (24.3)a | 26 (40.6) | 6 (26.1) | 52 (40.3)*** | 0.001 | |
| Rectal | 1 (2.7) | 1 (1.56) | 1 (4.4) | 9 (7.0) | - | |
| Urinary bladder | 0 | 1 (1.6) | 3 (13.0) | 2 (1.5) | - | |
| Tympanic | 4 (10.8) | 4 (6.3)a | 7 (30.4) | 33 (25.6)*** | 0.001 | |
| How often do you measure the body temperature of the patient in the recovery unit (n=309) | Never | 40 (80.0) | 51 (67.1) | 22 (68.8)a | 103 (69.2)*** | 0.001 |
| At 15 minutes | 0 | 11 (12.6) | 6 (18.8) | 6 (4.2) | - | |
| At 30 minutes | 2 (4.0) | 2 (1.4) | 0 | 25 (17.2) | - | |
| At 5 minutes | 4 (8.0) | 6 (8.8) | 0 | 7 (4.7) | - | |
| Continuously monitored | 4 (8.0) | 9 (10.1) | 4 (12.4) | 7 (4.7) | - | |
| How often do you measure the body temperature of the patient in the operating room? (n=312) | Never | 39 (76.5)a | 45 (56.3) | 15 (45.5)a | 52 (35.1)*** | 0.001 |
| At 15 minutes | 1 (2.0) | 6 (7.5) | 1 (3.0) | 7 (4.4) | - | |
| At 30 minutes | 3 (5.9) | 7 (8.7) | 2 (6.1) | 9 (6.0) | - | |
| At 5 minutes | 0 | 1 (1.3) | 1 (3.0) | 1 (0.6) | - | |
| Continuously monitored | 8 (15.6)a | 21 (26.2)a | 14 (42.4) | 79 (53.9)*** | 0.001 | |
a
p<0.05 The source of the difference according to Bonferroni correction
***
p<0.001