Table 5 Mean intensity of post-operative thirst at each time point, satisfaction scores, and number of adverse events.

From: Prevalence, risk factors, and optimized management of moderate-to-severe thirst in the post-anesthesia care unit

 

Room temperature water (n = 374)

Ice cubes (n = 324)

Oral moisturizers (n = 202)

P value

Intensity of thirst (scale from 0 to 10)

T0 (at 0 min)

5.24 ± 2.50

4.83 ± 2.72

4.69 ± 3.08

 

T1 (at 15 min)

4.25 ± 2.06

3.86 ± 2.38

4.21 ± 2.44

 

T2 (at 30 min)

3.55 ± 1.95

3.04 ± 2.15

3.86 ± 2.11

 

T3 (at 45 min)

2.51 ± 1.75

2.08 ± 1.73

2.89 ± 1.76

 

Satisfaction (scale from 1 to 5)

Score (at 60 min)

4.08 ± 0.55

4.22 ± 0.58

3.90 ± 0.55

0.001

Adverse event, n (%)

Severe cough

4 (1.07%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0.083

Vomiting

2 (0.53%)

1 (0.31%)

1 (0.50%)

1.000

Nausea

3 (0.80%)

1 (0.31%)

0 (0.00%)

0.552

  1. The intensity of post-operative thirst and satisfaction with the intervention are expressed as means ± standard deviations. Adverse events are given as counts and percentages. Continuous variables were compared with ANOVA, whereas categorical data are compared with the Fisher’s exact test.
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