Poster presented at the International Council of Nurses 23rd Quadrennial Congress, May 2005, Taipei, Taiwan

Wilson, Linda, 1962-

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RESULTS
♦ A statistically significant and positive 
relationship was found between perceived 
nurse caring and comfort (r = .28, p < .001)
♦ A statistically significant and strong positive  
relationship was found between social 
support and comfort (r = .65, p = .001)
♦ A statistically significant and negative 
relationship was found between emotion-
focused coping and comfort (r = -.25, p < .001)
♦ The multiple regression hypothesis testing did 
support a three step model which explained 
46.8% of the variance in comfort                        
(F (1, 187) = 138.92, p < .001 ) 
HYPOTHESES
In hospitalized medical patients:
♦ Perceived nurse caring is positively related to 
comfort
♦ Perceived social support is positively related 
to comfort
♦ Emotion-focused coping is positively related  
to comfort
♦ No subset of the independent variables will 
explain patients’ perceptions of comfort better 
than a multivariate model comprised of: (a) 
nurse caring; (b) social support; and (c) 
emotion-focused coping
PURPOSE
♦ This study tested theory to explain comfort 
as perceived by hospitalized medical patients
♦Theory proposed that positive relationships 
exist between comfort and the following   
three independent variables: (a) perceived  
nurse caring, (b) social support, and (c) 
emotion-focused coping
CONCLUSIONS
♦ This is the first theory-testing correlational 
study to have examined three variables in 
relation to comfort in an attempt to explain 
the construct
♦All three variables served as explanatory 
factors of comfort, although one bivariate 
relationship was opposite to that hypothesized
An Investigation of the Relationships of 
Perceived Nurse Caring, Social Support, and 
Emotion Focused Coping to Comfort in 
Hospitalized Medical Patients 
Linda Wilson PhD, RN, CPAN, CAPA, BC
Drexel University, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania  USA
INSTRUMENTS
♦ General Comfort Questionnaire 
♦ Revised Caring Behaviors Inventory
♦ Personal Resource Questionnaire 85-Part II                     
♦ Ways of Coping Questionnaire 
SAMPLE
♦ 191 Hospitalized Medical Patient
♦ 51.3% were men and 48.7% were women
♦ Aged 23 to 75 (M = 53.50, SD = 14.23)
♦ 62.8% White, 30.9% African American
FUTURE RESEARCH
♦ Research in various samples of patients, 
using the same variables and design as in the 
present study
♦ Research focusing on outcomes of comfort 
in patients 
♦ Research comparing differences in comfort 
among patients from different cultural and 
ethnic groups is needed in the present 
multicultural American society


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