The comfort of the patients with nasal packing after nasal endoscopic surgery: a qualitative research
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2018.25.008
- VernacularTitle:鼻内镜术后鼻腔填塞患者舒适情况的质性研究
- Author:
Chunyan GUAN
1
;
Hongxia RUAN
;
Qing CHEN
Author Information
1. 华中科技大学同济医学院附属协和医院耳鼻咽喉科
- Keywords:
Nasal endoscopic surgery;
Nasal packing;
Comfort;
Qualitative research
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2018;34(25):1957-1961
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the comfort of the patients with nasal packing after nasal endoscopic surgery from the angle of the patients, and to provide references for improving the comfort of the patients and developing the nasal comfort scale. Methods The phenomenology research method was adopted in this study. Sixteen patients with nasal packing after nasal endoscopic surgery participated in the in-depth interview which interview outline was designed basis on Kolcaba K's comfort theory. Data were analyzed by using Colaizzi's phenomenological method. Results Four level-1 themes and sixteen level-2 themes were extracted. The physical discomfort included discomfort in nose, head, eye, month, face, ear, sleep, diet and movement. The psychological discomfort included sense of unevenness and anxiety. The sociocultural discomfort included discomfort in the role of patients and bad relationship. The environmental discomfort included dry, noise and bad air in the ward. Conclusions Patients with nasal packing after nasal endoscopic surgery had many uncomfortable experiences, especially the physical discomfort. So the nurses should pay attention and develop a good reliability and validity nasal comfort scale to evaluate the comfort of these patients. Then the nurses should take active measures to relieve these discomforts, improve the patients' quality of life, make nurse-patient relationship harmonious and improve patients'satisfaction.
