Maximising comfort: how do patients describe the care that matters? A two-stage qualitative descriptive study to develop a quality improvement framework for comfort-related care in inpatient settings

Objective To develop a multidimensional framework representing patients’ perspectives on comfort to guide practice and quality initiatives aimed at improving patients’ experiences of care.Design Two-stage qualitative descriptive study design. Findings from a previously published synthesis of 62 stud...

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Main Authors: Alan F Merry, Mari Botti, Cynthia Wensley, Ann McKillop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/5/e033336.full