title: The Effect of Nursing Care Based on Comfort Theory on Women's Postpartum Comfort Levels After Caesarean Sections.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to determine the effect of nursing care based on comfort theory on women's postpartum comfort levels after C-sections.
  
  
  METHODS
  A quasi-experimental design was used. The sample comprised 100 women who had C-sections (50 experimental, 50 control).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 27 nursing diagnoses were determined. The physical (p = .000), psychospiritual (p = .249), and sociocultural (p = .001) subdimension mean scores on the Postpartum Comfort Scale were higher in the experimental group than they were in the control group. The mean total scores on the Postpartum Comfort Scale were 138.70 ± 8.79 in the experimental group and 131.06 ± 9.30 in the control group (p = .000).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nursing care based on comfort theory for women having C-sections met their comfort needs and increased their postpartum comfort levels.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is recommended that nursing care outcomes be compared using different nursing models.
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, School of Health Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yeşim
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aksoy Derya
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Türkan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pasinlioğlu
mesh_terms: D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009732:Nursing Care; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy
keywords: Caesarean; comfort theory; nursing care