Abstract

Abdominal surgery is one of the most frequently performed interventions that includes surgeries applied to the lower and upper abdominal organs. This study examined the comfort levels of patients who had undergone abdominal surgery. The type of this study was descriptive and cross-sectional. The sample included n=90 patients who had undergone abdominal surgery. The patient information form and General Comfort Questionnaire were used for data collection. The mean age of patients who had undergone abdominal surgery was 53.84 ± 14.76 years. 85.6% were married, 56.7% had primary education, 51.1% were male, 33.3% had multiple comorbidities and 55.6% had previous surgical experience. The proportion of patients with diabetes mellitus and hypertension was 22.2% and 27.8%, respectively. Patients who had undergone abdominal surgery scored 3.51 ± 0.76, 3.97 ± 0.67 and 3.49 ± 0.74 points in the sub-dimensions of Relief, Ease and Transcendence, respectively, and the total score obtained from the general comfort questionnaire was 3.66 ± 0.59. The comfort of single patients was higher than that of married patients, and comfort increased as the level of education decreased. The presence of comorbid diseases decreased comfort at a statistically significant level (p

Key words: Abdominal surgery, care, comfort, ease, relief, transcendence