J Korean Clin Nurs Res.  2020 Aug;26(2):232-239. 10.22650/JKCNR.2020.26.2.232.

Comparison of the Effect of Applying Polyethylene Wrap and Aircap in Maintaining Body Temperature of Preterm Infants

Affiliations
  • 1Charge Nurse, Department of Nursing, Wonkwang University Hospital, lksan, Korea.
  • 2Graduate Student, Department of Nursing Wonkwang University, lksan, Korea.

Abstract

Purpose
This study was an quasi-experimental study to compare the effect of applying polyethylene wrap and aircap in maintaining body temperature of preterm infants.
Methods
The participants were 51 preterm infants. Aircap was applied to the experimental group (n=23) and polyethylene wrap was applied to the control group (n=28) when the preterm infants admitted to neonatal intensive care unit. The data was collected at W hospital in J-province from June 2016 to May 2017. A total of 9 body temperature measurements were taken at 3 hours interval from 5 min to 24 hours after admission. Repeated measure ANOVA, independent t-test and x 2 test were conducted used with SPSS/WIN 24.0
Results
There were no significant difference in the homogeneity tests for general characteristics and dependent variables prior to the experiments (t=0.57, p=.566). There was a significant difference on body temperature of preterm infants over time (F=3.24, p=.020). There was no significant difference on body temperature between polyethylene wrap and aircap application groups (F=1.29, p=.261). The interaction between the group and the time was insignificant (F=1.51, p=.214).
Conclusion
The findings demonstrated that both methods of applying polyethylene wrap and aircap on the body in preterm infants had effect in maintaining body temperature.

Keyword

Hypothermia; Premature Infants; Body Temperature; Neonatal Intensive Care Units
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