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Rev Cuba Enf 2022; 38 (1)

The concept of comfort in nursing care

Romero RDA, Henao-Castaño ÁM, Gómez TLO

Language: Spanish
References: 29
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: For nursing, comfort is a care-related objective in the multiple settings of professional performance; it leads to the formulation of theories with a holistic perspective and manages to be applied from a physical, psychospiritual, environmental and social point of view.
Objective: To identify the attributes of the concept of comfort understood by nursing in different care settings.
Methods: Integrative review carried out in the Scopus, Google Scholar, VHL, EBSCO, Cochrane, Ovid and Medline databases, using the following search strategy: "Comfort" AND "Nursing". The eligibility criteria considered primary studies, full texts, published between 2009 and 2019, in Spanish, English or Portuguese. The PRISMA diagram was used for the critical analysis of experimental, review and qualitative studies, using the templates of the Critical Appraisal Skills Program (Caspe). For the other designs, the checklists of the Joanna Briggs Institute were applied and sixteen articles were included.
Conclusion: Comfort is related to issues that enclose the physical, social, psychic and environmental reality of a person, determined by the following attributes: physical relief of pain through pharmacological interventions and external elements in contact with the body; social support with the closeness of family members, which facilitates adaptation to the hospital environment and reduces anxiety; relationships with the accompanying health personnel and access to information on the patient's condition; an adapted environment to favor recovery and relief; rest including sleep and generating relief; and mental health with relief of anxiety, stress and adequate mental recovery.


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