Anthropometry and measurement of time on body temperature of elderly patients.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 11 Anthropometry and measurement of time on body temperature of elderly patients [Abstract] Objective measurement of axillary temperature in elderly patients at different time and different position on the measured values of body temperature in order to guide clinical care. Methods 1 April 2009 to April 25 were 165 cases of patients hospitalized for 10 min, 15 min, 20 min of axillary temperature measurement. axillary temperature measurement according to the patients were randomly divided into sitting position when the group and the supine group. Results sitting group three different times the value of the measured temperature difference between any two there was a significant significance (P lt;0.01). lying group of body temperature measured 10 min 15 min measured value and temperature, 10 min and 20 min measurement of the temperature difference was significant (P lt;0.01); 15 min measurement of body temperature and 20 min measured temperature values, the difference was not significant (Pgt; 0.05). sitting group and supine groups axillary temperature measured by the same time, the difference was significant (P lt;0.01). Conclusions lying more benefit elderly patients axillary temperature measurement, measuring 15 min to get an accurate body temperature (when sitting axillary temperature measurement in elderly patients need longer). [Keywords:] in elderly patients; axillary temperature; measurement time [Abstract] Objective To study the influence of the length of time and position of the thermometer on the older people’s axillary’s temperature measurement with the aim at improving clinic nursing work.Methods From April 1,2009 to 25, the axillary’s temperature of 165 older hospitalized patients were measured for 10 minutes, 15 minutes, and 20 minutes respectively.The patients were randomly divided into two groups according to the body position during the measurement, namely seated group and side-lay group.Results The results indicate