The Effect of Cold Steam Application on Nausea and Vomiting

The research will be conducted with the participation of surgical patients who underwent laporoscopic abdominal surgery between December 2024 and March 2025 in the General Surgery Department of Trakya University Hospital. Effect size of 0.2 was predicted, the smallest possible significant correlation coefficient between repeated measurements was accepted as 0.3, and the minimum number of people to be included in the sample was calculated as 80, consisting of 40 patients from each group with a 95% confidence level, 5% margin of error and 80% power value. In case of possible data loss, drop out rate was accepted as 10% and 44 patients were included in each group.