The Effect of Comfort Promotion Program on Comfort among Patients Receiving Spinal Anesthesia
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Comfort, Anesthesia , Spinal AnesthesiaAbstract
This quasi-experimental study with two groups aimed to examine the effect of a comfort promotion program on comfort levels in patients receiving spinal anesthesia. The sample consisted of 40 patients scheduled for elective surgery under spinal anesthesia at the Anesthesia Unit, Suddhavej Hospital. Participants were randomly assigned into two groups: an experimental group (n = 20) and a control group (n = 20), using simple random sampling. The research instruments included: (1) the Comfort Promotion Program and (2) the Comfort Questionnaire. The questionnaire was validated by experts and had a reliability coefficient of 0.87. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics—mean, percentage, and standard deviation—and inferential statistics, including Chi-square test and repeated measures analysis of variance.
The results showed that the experimental group had significantly higher mean comfort scores than the control group after participating in the program (p < .05). The findings suggest that the comfort promotion program effectively enhances comfort in patients undergoing spinal anesthesia.
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