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The Effect of Nursing Care Based on Comfort Theory on Women's Postpartum Comfort Levels After Caesarean Sections
Author(s) -
Aksoy Derya Yeşim,
Pasinlioğlu Türkan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of nursing knowledge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2047-3095
pISSN - 2047-3087
DOI - 10.1111/2047-3095.12122
Subject(s) - nursing , medicine , nursing care , obstetric nursing , comfort care , nursing theory , obstetrics , psychology , pregnancy , medline , political science , law , palliative care , genetics , biology
Purpose The aim of this study was to determine the effect of nursing care based on comfort theory on women's postpartum comfort levels after C ‐sections. Methods A quasi‐experimental design was used. The sample comprised 100 women who had C ‐sections (50 experimental, 50 control). Results A total of 27 nursing diagnoses were determined. The physical ( p = .000), psychospiritual ( p = .249), and sociocultural ( p = .001) subdimension mean scores on the P ostpartum C omfort S cale were higher in the experimental group than they were in the control group. The mean total scores on the P ostpartum C omfort S cale were 138.70 ± 8.79 in the experimental group and 131.06 ± 9.30 in the control group ( p = .000). Conclusion Nursing care based on comfort theory for women having C ‐sections met their comfort needs and increased their postpartum comfort levels. Practice Implications It is recommended that nursing care outcomes be compared using different nursing models.