Comfort and Quality of Life of Patients at the End of Life

A Research to Evaluate the Effect of Nursing Care Practices Based on Kolcaba's Comfort Theory on the Comfort Levels and Quality of Life of End-of-Life Patients.

Purpose: The study was carried out as a semi-experimental posttest with independent groups and a control group, in order to determine the effect of nursing care interventions on the patient's quality of life comfort level, based on Kolcaba's comfort theory. end-of-life patients.

Materials and Methods: This study compared 30 experimental and 30 control patients, aged between 25-70, at least primary school graduate, staying in the palliative care unit. He used the unit for at least two weeks and agreed to be part of this study. While the patients in the experimental group were cared for according to the nursing care plan based on Kolcaba's comfort theory, the patients in the control group were treated with the institution's standard care plan. The results were evaluated according to the standard comfort scale and the general quality of life scale.

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Key information

Conditions

End of Life Death Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Age range

25 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Fenerbahce University

Istanbul, 34, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

between 25-70 years old,
communicable,
at least primary school graduates,
hospitalized in the unit for at least 2 weeks, and who agreed to participate in the study were included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

All patients who did not meet the inclusion criteria and patients who were included in the study but died within 2 weeks were excluded from the study.

Treatment and study plan

End of Life Nursing Care Plan

Other

the patients of experimental group were cared according to the nursing care plan based on Kolcaba's comfort theory,

Primary outcomes

Kolcaba's comfort theory

Time frame: 2 week

The general comfort scale scores of patients who are cared for according to the care plan prepared according to Kolcaba's comfort theory will be higher than the control group.

The scale was developed by Kolcaba in 2006. Comfort includes the subscales of relief (9 items), relaxation (9 items) and overcoming problems (10 items). In evaluating the scale consisting of positive and negative items, negative items are reverse coded and summed. The average value is found by dividing the total score obtained by the number of scale items. The lowest possible value of 1 indicates low comfort, and the highest value of 6 indicates high comfort.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Fenerbahce University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

A Study to Evaluate The Effects Of Nursing Care İmplementations Based On Kolcaba's Comfort Theory For The End Of Life Patients Comfort Levels and The Life Quality

Important dates

Study start: 2017
Primary completion: 2017
Study completion: 2018
First posted: Jul 23, 2024
Registry last updated: Jul 23, 2024

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