Effect of Footbath on Pain Severity and Sleep Quality

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the effect of hot water foot bath on the patients' pain severity and sleep quality levels on the night of the lumbar degenerative disc surgery. The main hypotheses are:H1=Pain severity of the patients who applied footbath is lower than the patients who did not.H2=The sleep quality of the patients who applied footbath is higher than the patients who did not.Participants will be asked to keep their feet in 42oC hot water for 20 minutes on the night of the day of surgery.If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare control group to see if there is any difference on the pain severity and sleep quality of the patients.

Inclusion Criteria:18 years old and overUndergoing elective surgerySurgery planned for lumbar degenerative disc diseaseNo known sleep problems and no sleeping pillsPatients admitted to the ward at least 1 day before the operationThose who will spend the night of the day after the operation in the serviceVerbal communicativeThose who want to take a foot bath in 42oC waterExclusion Criteria:Younger than 18 years oldUnplanned surgeryHave a diagnosed sleep problem and using sleeping pillsHaving communication problemsNot volunteering to participate