CURRENT AND EXPECTED STATUS OF COMFORT OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS IN DIALYSIS UNITS AFFILIATED TO KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCIENCE, 2016

The provision of comfort is an essential part of nursing care and the main desire
of patients during hospital admission. This study was conducted to determine the current and expected
status of patient comfort in hemodialysis patients.
Materials & Methods: This study was descriptive-comparative. 290 hemodialysis patients were selected
in hospitals affiliated to Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran, 2016. Data were
collected using a demographic form and Kolkaba questionnaire, which included two parts of the existing
and expected condition of comfort. Data were collected after the validity and reliability of the
questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS 21 software
Results: The participants believed that the best current status of affairs was in domains of mentalspiritual (33.63) and then socio-cultural (29.23), and the weakest in the domain of environment (21.82).
Patients had the highest expectations in providing psychological-spiritual (37.5) and minimal excitement
in the environment (25.7).
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that patients had the lowest level of comfort in the
environmental field and were most expected to maintain comfort in the spiritual domain. Therefore, it
is recommended that nurses of the hemodialysis department pay more attention to providing
environmental comfort and physical and mental-spiritual care.