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Effects Of A Heating Compress On Self-Reported Sore Throat Following Endotracheal Intubation For Anesthesia, Takiko Nemoto
Effects Of A Heating Compress On Self-Reported Sore Throat Following Endotracheal Intubation For Anesthesia, Takiko Nemoto
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the heating compress on self-reported sore throat following endotracheal intubation.
The null hypothesis stated that a heating compress to the throat would have no significant (alpha = 0.05) effect on the reduction of self-reported postoperative sore throat following endotracheal intubation for anesthesia. A pretest-posttest quasi-experimental research design was implemented in the study. Subjects who met the criteria for the study were divided randomly into an experimental and control group by coin toss.
The data were analyzed for differences between the groups at the 0.05 level of significance. Frequency distributions, …