Comfort and Quality of Life of Patients at the End of Life

NCT06515847 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2016.235.IRB2.117
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

A Research to Evaluate the Effect of Nursing Care Practices Based on Kolcaba's Comfort Theory on the Comfort Levels and Quality of Life of End-of-Life Patients. Purpose: The study was carried out as a semi-experimental posttest with independent groups and a control group, in order to determine the effect of nursing care interventions on the patient's quality of life comfort level, based on Kolcaba's comfort theory. end-of-life patients. Materials and Methods: This study compared 30 experimental and 30 control patients, aged between 25-70, at least primary school graduate, staying in the palliative care unit. He used the unit for at least two weeks and agreed to be part of this study. While the patients in the experimental group were cared for according to the nursing care plan based on Kolcaba's comfort theory, the patients in the control group were treated with the institution's standard care plan. The results were evaluated according to the standard comfort scale and the general quality of life scale.

Conditions

End of Life

Keywords

Comfort; nurse; care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Kolcaba's comfort theory

  The general comfort scale scores of patients who are cared for according to the care plan prepared according to Kolcaba's comfort theory will be higher than the control group. The scale was developed by Kolcaba in 2006. Comfort includes the subscales of relief (9 items), relaxation (9 items) and overcoming problems (10 items). In evaluating the scale consisting of positive and negative items, negative items are reverse coded and summed. The average value is found by dividing the total score obtained by the number of scale items. The lowest possible value of 1 indicates low comfort, and the highest value of 6 indicates high comfort.

  2 week

Study Arms (2)

Kolcaba's nursing care plan

EXPERIMENTAL

While the patients of experimental group were cared according to the nursing care plan based on Kolcaba's comfort theory,

Other: End of Life Nursing Care Plan

standard care plan

NO INTERVENTION

the patients of control group received the standard care plan of the institution

Interventions

End of Life Nursing Care Plan OTHER

the patients of experimental group were cared according to the nursing care plan based on Kolcaba's comfort theory,

Kolcaba's nursing care plan

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 25 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• between 25-70 years old,
• communicable,
• at least primary school graduates,
• hospitalized in the unit for at least 2 weeks, and who agreed to participate in the study were included in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Fenerbahce University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Fenerbahce University

Istanbul, 34, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Death

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor , Dr Lecturer

Model Details: Experimental study

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 12, 2024
• First Posted: July 23, 2024
• Study Start: September 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2017
• Study Completion: September 1, 2018
• Last Updated: July 23, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)