title: Patients' perception of comfort facilitators during hemodialysis procedure: a qualitative study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The patients receiving hemodialysis spend a lot of their lifetime in the hemodialysis departments, which is an unpleasant experience. Therefore, some interventions are necessary to relieve this experience.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The current study aimed to explore the hemodialysis patients' perceptions of comfort facilitators during the hemodialysis procedure.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was conducted by a qualitative content analysis approach. Twenty four patients receiving hemodialysis participated in this study by purposive sampling. The sampling was over when the data saturation occurred. The semi-structured interviews were applied as the main data gathering tool. The data analysis was conducted by conventional qualitative content analysis in eight phases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  THREE THEMES EMERGED: The presence of competent nurses, the delightful presence of the others, and coping with comfort obstacles. Each theme consisted of some categories.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It seems that to achieve the patients' comfort during the hemodialysis procedure, the health care teams, hospitals in charge and the patients themselves have to do their best to provide the patients' comfort.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Reza
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Borzou
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Monireh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anosheh
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Esa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Anoshirvan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kazemnejad
keywords: Comfort; Perception; Qualitative Research; Renal Dialysis