Investigation of post-operative comfort levels and factors affecting comfort in urology patients

Purpose: To examine the post-operative comfort levels of patients who underwent surgery in the urology clinic and investigate the factors that affect post-operative comfort. Methods: This study is a descriptive, cross-sectional study. The research was conducted in the urology clinic of a university hospital. The sample consisted of 123 participants. Data were collected using the patient identification form, the general comfort questionnaire (GCQ) and the perianesthesia comfort questionnaire (PCQ). Results: The average age of the participants was 60.96 years (±11.97) and 89 (72.4%) were men. The total mean score for general comfort was 3.05 (±0.38) and for perianesthesia comfort was 4.93 (±0.52). When the correlation between GCQ and PCQ scores was examined, it was found that there was a positive statistically significant relationship between the two (p<0.01, rs=0.572). Conclusion: It was determined that the general comfort of the patients was above the moderate level, and their comfort was negatively affected by pain and the presence of urinary catheters.