The effects of warm compress to voiding reflexes on post operative spinal anesthesia

Background: spinal anesthesia commonly leads to urinary retention because of patient unable to feel the bladder sensation and to initiate for voiding after the surgery. Bladder and sphincter muscles are unable to respond for voiding reflexes. One of the nursing intervention to prevent this problem by using warm compression on suprapubic area for postoperative patient undergoes spinal anesthesia.
Purpose: This study was to examine the effect of a warm compress to the recovery of voiding reflexes on postoperative patient undergo spinal anesthesia at Pertamina Bintang Amin Hospital, Bandar Lampung Methods: a quasi-experimental study was conducted using intervention and control groups with a simple random sampling technique. There were 30 postoperative patients with spinal anesthesia were recruited in this study at Pertamina Bintang Amin Hospital Bandar Lampung. Results: the mean score of the intervention group was 6.67 hours (6-8), and the control group was 7.13 hours (5-9). Conclusion: Applying warm compress is necessary to the recovery of voiding reflex on a postoperative patient with spinal anesthesia.