Interventions and practices using Comfort Theory of Kolcaba to promote adults' comfort: an evidence and gap map protocol of international effectiveness studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Comfort is a primary patient objective and central to patient experience, and thus, maximising comfort is a universal goal for healthcare. However, comfort is a complex concept that is difficult to operationalise and evaluate, resulting in a lack of scientific and standardised comfort care practices. The Comfort Theory developed by Kolcaba has been the most widely known for its systematisation and projection and most of the global publications regarding comfort care were based on this theory. To develop international guidance on theory-informed comfort care, a better understanding about the evidence on the effects of interventions guided by the Comfort Theory is needed.

Objectives

To map and present the available evidence on the effects of interventions underpinne

SUBMITTER: Lin Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9987143 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature