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Inclusion Criteria: * The following criteria will be included in the sample: * Patients who underwent elective abdominal surgery and were admitted to intensive care after surgery. * Patients aged 18 and over. * Patients whose body temperature on the morning of surgery was neither below 36°C nor above 37.5°C. * Patients who did not have a pacemaker, dementia, advanced spasticity, muscle atrophy, peripheral lesions, osteoporosis, skin irritation, diabetes, hypertension, or obesity. * Patients who did not require mechanical ventilation. * Patients who did not have any illness that would impair thermoregulation (such as head trauma or hypothalamic damage). • Patients who were not taking medications that would affect thermoregulation, such as vasodilators. * Patients who did not have peripheral circulation problems. * Patients who were not alcohol or substance abusers. * Patients who did not have mental retardation. * Patients who were conscious and oriented to person, time, and place. * Patients who could speak Turkish. * Patients who did not have any auditory or visual impairments. * Patients who volunteered for the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who do not meet the sampling criteria, who develop postoperative complications (bleeding, intubation, stenosis, necrosis, ileus, dermatitis, parastomal herniation, etc.), and whose relatives do not consent to the study will not be included in the study.