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@article{193051,
        author = {Laishram Bindyarani Devi and Dr P.Vetriselvi},
        title = {Comparison of the effect of plastic cover and blanket on body temperature among pre-term neonates - A randomized clinical trial.},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {9},
        pages = {3837-3840},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=193051},
        abstract = {Preterm neonates are not able to maintain their body temperature and so, they are vulnerable to hypothermia. The present study objective was to compare the effects of plastic cover and blanket on body temperature among preterm neonates. A randomized clinical trial with simple random sampling technique was used for this study. The target population of the study were the preterm neonates admitted in NICU with gestational age 28–34 weeks. 50 samples were recruited for the study i.e 25 in each group. In group 1, the babies were wrapped with plastic cover till the neck and head covered by a cap and in group 2, the babies were wrapped with blanket till the neck and head covered by a cap. Baseline temperature were checked initially before the intervention. After 1 hour of wrapping, the babies temperature were checked every 15 mins for 2 hours with a digital thermometer. The baseline body temperature of the two groups have no significant difference. The comparison of body temperature between the plastic cover and blanket group among the preterm neonates after 2 hours of interventions were found to be highly significant at 15mins (P< 0.001), 30 mins (P< 0.001 in plastic cover group whereas in blanket group there was no significant association of clinical characteristics with the level of body temperature. The study results showed that plastic cover is found to be more effective than the blanket in maintaining body temperature among the preterm neonates.},
        keywords = {Effectiveness, Plastic-cover, Blanket, Temperature, Thermometer, Preterm neonates.},
        month = {February},
        }