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The comfort perception in the critically ill patient from the Kolcaba theoretical model.
Gonzalez-Baz, M D; Pacheco-Del Cerro, E; Durango-Limárquez, M I; Alcantarilla-Martín, A; Romero-Arribas, R; Ledesma-Fajardo, J; Moro-Tejedor, M N.
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  • Gonzalez-Baz MD; Departamento de Apoyo a la Práctica Basada en la Evidencia, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (Madrid), Departamento de Enfermería. Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid
  • Pacheco-Del Cerro E; Departamento de Enfermería. Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Nursing Management, Hospital Clínico Universitario de San Carlos, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: quique@ucm.es.
  • Durango-Limárquez MI; Departamento de Apoyo a la Práctica Basada en la Evidencia, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (Madrid). Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid
  • Alcantarilla-Martín A; Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Unidad de Trauma y Urgencias del Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: alejandra.alcantarilla@salud.madrid.org.
  • Romero-Arribas R; Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Unidad de Trauma y Urgencias del Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: rocio.romero@salud.madrid.org.
  • Ledesma-Fajardo J; Departamento de Críticos, Unidad de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: jesus.ledesma@salud.madrid.org.
  • Moro-Tejedor MN; Unidad de Apoyo a la Investigación en Enfermería, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Escuela de Enfermería Cruz Roja, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: mnieves.moro@salud.madrid.org.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38548548
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

The stay in a critical care unit (CCU) has a serious impact on physical condition causing numerous discomfort factors such as pain or difficulty in communicating. All of these are associated with possible sequelae following discharge from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) named post-ICU syndrome. The Kolcaba Comfort Theory allows, from a holistic approach, to identify care needs from the patient's perspective using instruments such as the General Comfort Questionnaire (GCQ).

OBJECTIVES:

To determine the comfort level of patients admitted to the CCU using the GCQ of Kolcaba and to identify the discomfort factors.

METHODS:

Cross-sectional descriptive observational prospective study. POPULATION 580 patients admitted to adult CCU of two high complexity hospitals from June 2015 to March 2020 with stay ≥24 h were interviewed. Descriptive analysis, Student's t-test and ANOVA and multivariate analysis were performed using SPSS v26 and STATA v16.

RESULTS:

The mean age was 52,62 (16,21), 357 (61,6%) were male and 434 (74,8%) were believers. The type of admission was planned in 322 (55,5%) and the most prevalent reason for admission was surgical 486 (83,8%). The median pain score (NRS) was 3,00 [0-4] and severity score (APACHE II) was 13,26 (5,89), the median length of stay was 4,00 [2-7] days. The mean comfort level was 3,02 (0,31) showing the highest value Reanimation 3.02 (0.30) and the lowest Trauma and Emergency Unit 2.95 (0.38). Statistically significant differences were found between the units in the comfort level of patients >65 years of age (p = 0.029). The Relief comfort type obtained the lowest mean 2.81 (0.33) and the physical context 2.75 (0.41) in the three units. In the multivariate analysis, statistically significant differences were found between the comfort level and the pain level no pain (p = 0,000) OR 4,361 CI [2,184-8,707], mild pain (p = 0,000) OR 4,007 CI [2,068-7,763], moderate pain (p = 0,007) OR 2,803 CI [1,328-5,913], and the APACHE II score equal to or greater than 10 (p = 0,000) OR 0,472 CI [0,316-0,705].

CONCLUSIONS:

The comfort level showed high scores in all three units. The physical and environmental contexts and the relief comfort type negatively affected the perception of comfort. The variables that explained comfort were pain and severity of illness. The evaluation of comfort from the patient's perspective through the GCQ could be considered an indicator of quality of nursing interventions.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Enferm Intensiva (Engl Ed) Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Enferm Intensiva (Engl Ed) Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article