Environmental factors related to patient comfort in the intensive care unit

International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
10
Article ID: 
19866
5 pages
Research Article

Environmental factors related to patient comfort in the intensive care unit

Paula Cristina de Sousa Vieira Roberto Carlos Lyra da Silva Thiago Quinellato Louro Nébia Maria Almeida de Figueiredo Carlos Roberto Lyra da Silva Daniel Coutinho dos Santos Martin Dharlle Oliveira Santana and Marcela de Oliveira Feitosa

Abstract: 

The objective was to identify the environmental factors that can facilitate or hinder the promotion of comfort for clients hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This is an exploratory and descriptive investigative study, based on the qualitative method, carried out between March and August 2017, with 40 professional nurses and nursing technicians from the Hospital Geral de Roraima (HGR) of Boa Vista, Roraima. A structured questionnaire with three categories of responses was used, based on the General Comfort Questionnaire (GCQ). Regarding the environmental factors that can hinder the promotion of comfort, they highlighted excessive noise (62.5%) and a cold place (75%). Conclusion: more limiting factors were found than facilitators for the promotion of comfort in ICU patients at the HGR. However, through the limiting factors, a comforting action plan for patients in the ICU of the HGR can be founded.

DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.37118/ijdr.19866.09.2020
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