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A review on factors related to patient comfort experience in hospitals
The creation of a welcoming hospital atmosphere is necessary to improve patient wellbeing and encourage healing. The goal of this study was to...
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Associations Between Patient Comfort with a Primary Care Provider and Three Measures of Behavioral Health Services Utilization
BackgroundBehavioral health services (BHS) can help improve and treat mental and emotional health problems. Yet, attitudinal and/or structural...
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Patient Comfort with Before and After Photography at Plastic Surgery Offices
BackgroundBefore and after (B&A) photographs are a sensitive part of patients’ medical records, and the use of smartphones may pose risks to...
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Training clinicians in culturally relevant care: a curriculum to improve knowledge and comfort with the transgender and gender diverse population
PurposeTo design a replicable simulation curriculum collaboratively with the transgender and gender diverse community to improve clinician knowledge...
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A Case Study of the Impact of Language Concordance on Patient Care, Satisfaction, and Comfort with Sharing Sensitive Information During Medical Care
Linguistic barriers continue to be a source of difficulty and inappropriate treatment in our healthcare system. Several studies have shown the...
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Interventions and practices using Comfort Theory of Kolcaba to promote adults’ comfort: an evidence and gap map protocol of international effectiveness studies
BackgroundComfort is a primary patient objective and central to patient experience, and thus, maximising comfort is a universal goal for healthcare....
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Colonoscopy skills improvement training improves patient comfort during colonoscopy
IntroductionWe aimed to assess the effect of Colonoscopy Skills Improvement (CSI) training on patient comfort and sedation-related complications...
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The three pillars of patient experience: identifying key drivers of patient experience to improve quality in healthcare
IntroductionDespite significant investments in collecting data on patient experience, it remains unclear whether the quality of healthcare has...
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Interprofessional staff perspectives on the adoption of or black box technology and simulations to improve patient safety: a multi-methods survey
IntroductionMedical errors still plague healthcare. Operating Room Black Box (ORBB) and ORBB-simulation (ORBBSIM) are innovative emerging...
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Translation and validation of the Comfort Behaviors Checklist in hospitalized children with chronic diseases
BackgroundDifferent tools have been developed to measure patients' comfort. This study aims to translate, validate, and apply the Comfort Behaviors...
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Quality communication can improve patient-centred health outcomes among older patients: a rapid review
BackgroundEffective communication is a cornerstone of quality healthcare. Communication helps providers bond with patients, forming therapeutic...
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Analgesia and patient comfort after enhanced recovery after surgery in uvulopalatopharyngoplasty: a randomised controlled pilot study
BackgroundUvulopalatopharyngoplasty(UPPP) is the most prevalent surgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, but postoperative pharyngeal pain may...
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Experiences that matter in bipolar disorder: a qualitative study using the capability, comfort and calm framework
BackgroundWhen assessing the value of an intervention in bipolar disorder, researchers and clinicians often focus on metrics that quantify...
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Validation of the carolinas comfort scale (CCS) in Brazil: a hernia-specific quality of life questionnaire
IntroductionVentral hernia surgery (VHS) has the intent to promote a better quality of life (QoL). VHS results were evaluated by recurrence incidence...
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Pain levels and patient comfort after lower limb arthroplasty comparing i.v. patient-controlled analgesia, continuous peripheral nerve block and neuraxial analgesia: a retrospective cohort analysis of clinical routine data
BackgroundInsufficient pain control after lower limb arthroplasty results in delayed recovery and increased risk for pain chronicization. The ideal...
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Comparison of comfort and tear stability with two novel silicone-hydrogel daily disposable contact lenses
BackgroundThe surface wettability of soft contact lenses (SCLs) affects the wearing comfort. Verofilcon A is a daily disposable silicone hydrogel...
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Hospital-based clinicians lack knowledge and comfort in initiating medications for opioid use disorder: opportunities for training innovation
BackgroundHospital-based clinicians infrequently initiate medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) for hospitalized patients. Our objective was to...
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Nurses’ preferences for interventions to improve infection prevention and control behaviors based on systems engineering initiative to patient safety model: a discrete choice experiment
BackgroundThe evidence of preferences for infection prevention and control (IPC) intervention from system perspective was lacked. This study aimed to...
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Postinterventional Patient Comfort After Uterine Artery Embolization and Superior Hypogastric Nerve Block
PurposeTo evaluate the duration and effect of superior hypogastric nerve block (SHNB) with ropivacaine and clonidine on postinterventional pain...
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Impact of discriminant factors on the comfort-care of nurses caring for trans-arterial chemoembolisation patients
PurposeThis study was conducted to identify the levels of comfort-care provided by trans-arterial chemoembolisation (TACE) nurses and examine the...