Maximising comfort: how do patients describe the care that matters? A two-stage qualitative descriptive study to develop a quality improvement framework for comfort-related care in inpatient settings

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Maximising comfort: how do patients describe the care that matters? A two-stage qualitative descriptive study to develop a quality improvement framework for comfort-related care in inpatient settings

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Objective To develop a multidimensional framework representing patients’ perspectives on comfort to guide practice and quality initiatives aimed at improving patients’ experiences of care. Design Two-stage qualitative descriptive study design. Findings from a previously published synthesis of 62 studies (stage 1) informed data collection and analysis of 25 semistructured interviews (stage 2) exploring patients’ perspectives of comfort in an acute care setting. Setting Cardiac surgical unit in...

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18 Jun 2024

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C Wensley / Mari Botti / A McKillop / AF Merry

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https://dro.deakin.edu.au/articles/journal_contribution/Maximising_comfort_how_do_patients_descri...

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comfort / compassion / patient experience / person and family centred care / qualitative research / quality in health care / 4205 Nursing / 4203 Health services and systems / Other health sciences not elsewhere classified / Public health not elsewhere classified / Clinical sciences not elsewhere classified / Nursing not elsewhere classified

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