Determination of the Incidence of Inadvertent Perioperative Hypothermia, Thermal Comfort, and Factors Affecting Thermal Comfort in Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Study

ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of hypothermia, thermal comfort, and factors affecting thermal comfort in patients undergoing elective surgery during the perioperative period. Conducted between October 1, 2020, and March 1, 2021, this cross-sectional study, approved ethically, involved 306 elective surgery patients. Data, collected during nine perioperative periods (T0-T8) by nurses in surgical wards and operating rooms, used a literature-based form. The reporting of the study utilized the STROBE checklist Statistical analysis with SPSS 22.0 set a significance level of p