Admasu, Wosenyeleh (PhD)Muluken, Zemenu2018-06-142023-11-052018-06-142023-11-052016-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/992Background: Now on these days as quality of patient care has being given big concern in developing countries, which was not yet, it is necessary to conduct a study to know some procedural and treatment complication. Post anesthesia shivering is one of these complications, which has many deleterious effects on the patient outcome. The cause of shivering is incompletely understood. So, it is important to know the overall magnitude and major contributing factors for post anesthesia shivering for better health care. Objective: To assess the magnitude and associated factors of post anesthesia shivering in Zewditu Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from February 01 – March 31, 2016. Methods: Institutional based cross-sectional study design was conducted from Feb 01- Mar 31, 2016. A systematic random sampling method was employed to select 179 study subjects. A pre-tested structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Perioperative tympanic temperature was recorded every 15 minutes interval. Results: The overall incidence of post-anesthesia shivering was 29.1%. From this majority of patients (60.8%) had grade 3 shivering. In multiple logistic regression analysis, being male patient (AOR= 3.273, 95% CI: 1.495, 7.165; p=0.003), older age (AOR= 0.123, 95% CI: 0.032, 0.469; P=0.002) and tympanic temperature less than 360C (AOR= 2.747, 95% CI: 1.248, 6.049; p=0.012) were considered associated factors of PAS. Conclusion and Recommendation: The incidence of shivering was (29.1%); we also conclude that prophylaxis for shivering is necessary in those high risk patients. Age of the patient was the variable with the most predictive power by far. If surgery is planned on patients who are Male, low core body temperature, children and adult age group every precautions and care should be considered to make core body temperature in the normal range post operatively. For pain management alternative, it may be better to use opioids which have known protective effect for shivering.en-USZewditu Memorial HospitalThesis