Abstract
Objectives:
1. Evaluate the effect of tepid sponging among children with pyrexia.
2. Evaluate the effect of warm sponging among children with pyrexia.
3. Compare the effect of tepid sponging with warm sponging among children with pyrexia.
Materials and methods: 34 children aged between 1-12 years with the body temperature of 100◦F -103◦F were selected for the study. Pre test post test - repeated measures design was used. Total enumerative (consecutive) sampling technique 34 samples were selected, 17 were assigned to experimental group-I and 17 to experimental group-II. Initial body temperature (0 minute) was assessed by using digital thermometer and recorded in temperature measurement table. Tepid sponging (30◦C-40◦C) was given for experimental group-I and warm sponging (60C) for experimental group-II, for 15 minutes. Comfort level was assessed by using modified comfort behavior check list during intervention. After intervention the body temperature was assessed and recorded at 15th minute, 30th minute, 45th minute and 60th minute.
Results: Paired "t‟ test was used to test the effect of both tepid and warm sponging. Results showed that, there is a significant difference in the level of body temperature in children before and after sponging among two groups. Student „t‟ test was used to analyze the changes in body temperature between the two groups. The calculated „t‟ values at 15th minute, 30 minute and 60th minute were 0.04, 0.62, 0.8 and 1.12 respectively are not significant at 0.05 level, which shows that there is no difference between tepid and warm sponging in reducing body temperature. Analysis on effect of tepid Vs warm sponging on comfort was done. The calculated „t‟ value of 6.69 for comfort is significant at 0.001 level, which shows that warm sponging is effective in promoting comfort among children.
Conclusion: The findings revealed that, tepid and warm sponging are effective in reducing body temperature, but warm sponging is effective in promoting comfort among children with pyrexia than tepid sponging.