Kolcaba's Comfort Theory on the Comfort Levels of Patients Undergoing Open Heart Valve Surgery

NCT06769945 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: Ataturk UnıversityTDK-2024-14325
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 56
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

It is planned to determine the effect of comfort theory-based nursing care on the comfort and pain levels of patients undergoing open heart valve surgery.

• Does nursing care based on comfort theory reduce the comfort of patients undergoing open heart valve surgery?
• Does nursing care based on comfort theory reduce the pain level of patients undergoing open heart valve surgery?
• Does nursing care based on comfort theory increase the comfort level of patients undergoing open heart valve surgery?
• Does nursing care based on comfort theory increase the pain level of patients undergoing open heart valve surgery?

Conditions

Surgery (Cardiac)

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• comfort

  General Comfort Scale:The highest total score that can be obtained from the scale is 192, and the lowest total score is 48. Low comfort represents one point, and high comfort represents four points. Time frame: To be filled in at 0th and 72nd hours of nursing care.

  To be filled in at 0th and 72nd hours of nursing care.

• VAS (Visual Analog Scale) Pain

  VAS ( Visual analog scale) On a line with '0' on one end and '10' on the other, patients will be asked to choose, explaining that 0 means no symptoms and 10 means the most severe symptoms. A high score here indicates that the patient has high pain during the treatment and care process. Time frame: To be filled in at 0th and 72nd hours of nursing care

  To be filled in at 0th and 72nd hours of nursing care

Study Arms (2)

experimental

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients in the experimental group will receive nursing care based on Kolcaba's Comfort Theory during their stay in the cardiovascular surgery service. After determining the comfort-oriented care needs of the patients, the General Comfort Scale will be used and individualised nursing care plans will be created in line with these needs. According to Kolcaba, standard comfort interventions and comfort interventions provided by coaching will be applied.

Behavioral: Nursing Care Based on Kolcaba's Comfort Theory

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Control group patients will receive routine nursing care in the ward environment.

Interventions

Nursing Care Based on Kolcaba's Comfort Theory BEHAVIORAL

In practice, patient education, pain management, emotional support, appropriate environmental arrangements and individualised care come to the fore. Studies show that with this approach, patients' physical comfort increases, anxiety levels decrease and overall satisfaction improves. It is stated that nursing care based on Kolcaba's theory offers an effective model to improve the quality of life of postoperative patients.

Also known as: In practice, patient education, pain management, emotional support, appropriate environmental arrangements and individualised care come to the fore. Studies show that with this approach, patients' phy

experimental

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Volunteering to participate in the study,
• Being 18 years of age or older,
• Being open to communication,
• Not having any obstacle in terms of consciousness and sensory organs,
• Being in the cardiovascular surgery service clinic

You may not qualify if:

• Hearing and/or visual loss
• Leaving the study voluntarily
• Patients transferred from the ward environment back to the intensive care environment

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Yuzuncu Yil University: lead

Study Sites (1)

VAN

Erzurum, Van, 25240, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Patient Education as Topic; Pain Management

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Health Education; Preventive Health Services; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services; Therapeutics; Disease Management; Patient Care Management; Health Services Administration

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: CARE PROVIDER
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 13, 2024
• First Posted: January 10, 2025
• Study Start: October 9, 2024
• Primary Completion: April 9, 2025
• Study Completion: July 1, 2025
• Last Updated: November 20, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)