NCT06769945

Kolcaba's Comfort Theory on the Comfort Levels of Patients Undergoing Open Heart Valve Surgery

The Effect of Nursing Care Based on Kolcaba's Comfort Theory on the Comfort Levels of Patients Undergoing Open Heart Valve Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 56 (actual)
• Sponsor: Yuzuncu Yil University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

It is planned to determine the effect of comfort theory-based nursing care on the comfort and pain levels of patients undergoing open heart valve surgery. * Does nursing care based on comfort theory reduce the comfort of patients undergoing open heart valve surgery? * Does nursing care based on comfort theory reduce the pain level of patients undergoing open heart valve surgery? * Does nursing care based on comfort theory increase the comfort level of patients undergoing open heart valve surgery? * Does nursing care based on comfort theory increase the pain level of patients undergoing open heart valve surgery?

Detailed description

Comfort is defined as "an expected result with a complex structure within the physical, psychological, social and environmental integrity of helping the individual with his/her needs, providing peace of mind and being able to overcome problems." In his theory, Kolcaba defined comfort as "an expected result with a complex structure within the physical, psychospiritual, social and environmental integrity of helping the individual with his needs, providing peace of mind and overcoming problems. This situation affects recovery and discharge times. Studies indicate that comfort is one of the most important factors affecting the speed of recovery. The sample size of the study was determined using power analysis. As a result of the Power analysis (G\*Power 3.1.9.4); when the effect size was taken as Cohen's d: 0.95, the number of samples determined for a confidence interval of 95%, a power of 95%, and a margin of error of 0.05 was determined as a total of 50 patients, with a minimum of 25 patients for each group (Experimental and Control). Considering the block randomization distributions, the study was completed with 56 patients.

Conditions

• Surgery (Cardiac)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Nursing Care Based on Kolcaba's Comfort Theory	In practice, patient education, pain management, emotional support, appropriate environmental arrangements and individualised care come to the fore. Studies show that with this approach, patients' physical comfort increases, anxiety levels decrease and overall satisfaction improves. It is stated that nursing care based on Kolcaba's theory offers an effective model to improve the quality of life of postoperative patients.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-10-09
• Primary completion: 2025-04-09
• Completion: 2025-07-01
• First posted: 2025-01-10
• Last updated: 2025-11-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)