NCT04667000

The Effect of Forced Air Warming During Caseraen Section on Maternal Hypothermia: Randomized Controlled Trial

Completed NA Last updated 22 September 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Forced Air Warming in Cesarean Section Complications in 35 participants. Completed in 1 November 2022.

Timeline

1 May 2021

Primary endpoint
30 September 2022

1 November 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Hacettepe University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	35
Start date	1 May 2021
Primary completion	30 September 2022
Estimated completion	1 November 2022
Sites	1 location across Turkey (Türkiye)

Drugs / interventions tested

• Forced Air Warming

Conditions studied

• Cesarean Section Complications — all drugs for Cesarean Section Complications →
• Hypothermia — all drugs for Hypothermia →

Sponsor

Hacettepe University

Who can join

Adults 18 to 35, female only, with Cesarean Section Complications or Hypothermia. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

During the cesarean section; Hypothermia can be seen due to reasons such as anesthesia, premedication drugs, cold operating room environment, exposure of tissues and organs, and use of cold intravenous fluids. Hypothermia associated with cesarean may affect maternal and fetal health negatively. As a result of hypothermia, coagulopathy, infection, undesirable cardiac events that cause an increase in oxygen consumption, delay in postoperative recovery and wound healing, postoperative nausea and vomiting, chills and relief may be observed in the mother. Newborns born from hypothermic mothers have lower body temperature, pH and Apgar scores. It is important to evaluate all women in terms of risk factors in the preoperative period in the prevention of hypothermia and complications related to hypothermia. Prevention of hypothermia, which has negative effects on maternal and newborn health, is one of the risks that the nurse can address independently. Therefore, this research; In order to determine the effect of heating different body areas using compressed air heating technique during cesarean section on hypothermia, tremor, thermal comfort, postpartum comfort and maternal satisfaction, a parallel group was planned as a randomized controlled trial. The study is planned to be conducted in Hacettepe University Adult Hospital Gynecology and Obstetrics Department delivery room and obstetrics service. Research data, Introductory Information Form (Appendix 1), Obstetric and Postpartum Features Form (Appendix 2), Patient Monitoring Form (Appendix 3), Termal Comfort Perception Scale (Appendix 4), Shivering Level Diagnostic Form (Appendix 5), LATCH Breastfeeding The Diagnostic and Measurement Tool (Appendix 6) will be collected using the Visual Analogue Scale (Appendix 7) and the Thermal Comfort Scale that will be developed by the researchers. Pregnant women who meet the inclusion criteria will be included in the research. Women will be divided into 4 groups as the lower extremities are heated, the upper extremities are heated, the whole body is heated, and the control group. According to the group of women; It will be heated 30 minutes before surgery and 30 minutes after surgery with lower limb, upper limb or whole body. Women in the control group will not be heated.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.