Effectiveness and safety of implementing an enhanced patient comfort programme for elective neurosurgical patients: a randomised controlled trial protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patient comfort is an important quality indicator of healthcare. According to Kolcaba's comfort theory, enhanced comfort is achieved by meeting the needs in four contexts: physical, psychospiritual, sociocultural and environmental. An enhanced patient comfort (EPC) programme based on this theory has been designed for elective neurosurgical patients. This study aims to assess its feasibility, effectiveness and safety.

Methods and analysis

The EPC programme patients will be evaluated in a single institutional randomised controlled trial. A total of 110 patients admitted for elective neurosurgery (including craniotomy, endoscopic trans-sphenoidal surgery and spine surgery) will be randomised in a 1:1 ratio to two groups. Patients in the EPC group are managed under

SUBMITTER: Liu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10124223 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature