A comparative study to assess the reliability of the digital and glass thermometer in the adults admitted in all male wards of Era medical college & hospital Lucknow, U.P.

Temperature is one of the most common and important clinical sign. Maintenance and monitoring of the thermoregulation is a basic requirement in nursing care. Determining accurate measurement of temperature is very important for providing quality care to the patient and to prevent complication as abnormal temperature is strongly associated with the serious diseases. Vital signs are basic component & assessment of physiological & psychological health of the client. Vital signs (Cardinal Signs) and its component body temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure & pain. Body temperature is an indicator of health & its is important vital sign. Body temperature regulated by thermo-regulating center in Brain called as Hypothalamus. Body temperature measure by various types of thermometer available in the market. The aim of the study to assess the reliability of the digital & glass thermometer. The design selected for present study was comparative research design. The study was conducted on 60 male patients who was selective by using convenient sample technique. The results revealed that there was no significance difference between digital & glass thermometer at (PC0.05) level of significance tabulated 2 value (0.97) and clinical significance 0.2° celsius.