Emotional comfort: the patient's perspective of a therapeutic context
Background: Comfort is a word that is frequently used to describe both physical and emotional aspects of the hospital experience. A number of definitions exist in the literature and there is a lack of clarity in understanding this concept.Objectives: This paper describes the therapeutic context of e...
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| description | Background: Comfort is a word that is frequently used to describe both physical and emotional aspects of the hospital experience. A number of definitions exist in the literature and there is a lack of clarity in understanding this concept.Objectives: This paper describes the therapeutic context of emotional comfort that was identified in a qualitative study that sought to explain the perceived therapeutic effect of interpersonal interactions that were experienced by patients during hospitalisation.Results: Patients interpreted the interpersonal interactions that they experienced during hospitalisation in terms of their experience of emotional comfort or discomfort. A central feature of emotional comfort was the patient's perception of personal control.Conclusions: This study provides a greater understanding of the concept of comfort from the perspective of hospitalised patients. It highlights that patients approach their illnesses or injuries perceiving that a connection exists between the mind and the body. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-435122017-09-13T16:00:27Z Emotional comfort: the patient's perspective of a therapeutic context Williams, Anne Irurita, Vera Background: Comfort is a word that is frequently used to describe both physical and emotional aspects of the hospital experience. A number of definitions exist in the literature and there is a lack of clarity in understanding this concept.Objectives: This paper describes the therapeutic context of emotional comfort that was identified in a qualitative study that sought to explain the perceived therapeutic effect of interpersonal interactions that were experienced by patients during hospitalisation.Results: Patients interpreted the interpersonal interactions that they experienced during hospitalisation in terms of their experience of emotional comfort or discomfort. A central feature of emotional comfort was the patient's perception of personal control.Conclusions: This study provides a greater understanding of the concept of comfort from the perspective of hospitalised patients. It highlights that patients approach their illnesses or injuries perceiving that a connection exists between the mind and the body. 2006 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43512 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2005.06.004 Elsevier Science restricted |
| spellingShingle | Williams, Anne Irurita, Vera Emotional comfort: the patient's perspective of a therapeutic context |
| title | Emotional comfort: the patient's perspective of a therapeutic context |
| title_full | Emotional comfort: the patient's perspective of a therapeutic context |
| title_fullStr | Emotional comfort: the patient's perspective of a therapeutic context |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emotional comfort: the patient's perspective of a therapeutic context |
| title_short | Emotional comfort: the patient's perspective of a therapeutic context |
| title_sort | emotional comfort: the patient's perspective of a therapeutic context |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43512 |