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CTRI Number  CTRI/2021/10/037027 [Registered on: 01/10/2021] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 13/03/2022
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Process of Care Changes 
Study Design  Non-randomized, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   comparison of warm water foot emersion and tepid sponging on fever reduction . 
Scientific Title of Study   Clinical trial of warm water foot immersion v/s tepid sponging on reduction of fever 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Anchal  
Designation  BSc nursing 4th yr student  
Affiliation  College of nursing GMCH 32 Chandigarh. 
Address  GMCH College of nursing o block , Sarai Building

Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH
160030
India 
Phone  9877468339  
Fax    
Email  anchaldhiman473@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Jyoti 
Designation  Prinicpal 
Affiliation  College of nursing GMCH 32 Chandigarh 
Address  CON GMCH Chandigarh

Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH
160030
India 
Phone  9646370541  
Fax    
Email  collegeofnursinggmch@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Aarushi  
Designation  BSc nursing 4th yr  
Affiliation  College of nursing GMCH 32 , Chandigarh 
Address  #1846 phase 5 SAS Nagar Mohali , near PTL Chowk

Rupnagar
PUNJAB
160059
India 
Phone  9877313856  
Fax    
Email  aarushimadaan383@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
No Sponsors 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  College of Nursing  
Address  College of Nursing , O Block Sarai Building GMCH Sector -32 Chandigarh  
Type of Sponsor  Government medical college 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Aarfaah  GMCH   College Of Nursing , O Block Sarai Building Govt Medical College and Hospital Sector 32 A Chandigarh
Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH 
9646370541

zeearfa2000@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
gmch ethical committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: R509||Fever, unspecified,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  no intervention Control group  control group 
Comparator Agent  tepid sponging  tepid sponging with tap water for 15 min  
Intervention  Warm water foot immersion,  Warm water foot immersion up to mid point of tibia in warm water with temperature 100 - 110 degree fahrenheit for 15 min . 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  60.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Patients admitted in medicine wards of GMCH 32 Chandigarh.
2.Patient who are having fever more than 100oF will be given HWFI and tepid sponging. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Critically ill Patient(Intubated patients, unconscious patients, paralysed patients.
Mental retardation or subjects with mental illness.
Patients who are younger than 18 years.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Reduction of fever  before intervention for base line .
then after 30 min of intervention. 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Body temperature will be reduce.  Before intervention for base line .
then after 30 min of intervention. 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="90"
Sample Size from India="90" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "90"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="90" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   09/10/2021 
Date of Study Completion (India) 29/12/2021 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="1"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details
Modification(s)  
Study findings will be published after completion of the study. 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary
Modification(s)  

Proposed study involves selection of study subjects in the medicine wards of GMCH 32 Chandigarh, based on inclusion criteria. If eligible, written informed consent will be obtained. Then a clinical trial of Warm Water Foot Immersion and tepid sponging  was conducted for 15 mins. First experimental group  of  Warm water foot immersion  involves immersion of foot up to midpoint of tibia in warm water  .In second experimental group receiving the tepid sponging involve sponging of the body with tap water . Before and after the proposed trial recording of temperature was done. 

The Performa consist of two parts:

 PART-1: a) To collect socio-demographic data.

                 b) Temperature recording sheet.

PART-B: Self structured protocol on warm water foot immersion.   

                Standardized procedure of tepid sponging



 Data collected was analyzed with the help of descriptive and inferential statistics.


 
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