The relationship between nurses’ caring behaviors with comfort and fear of hospitalization of hospitalized elderly patients

This study emphasized the vital role of nursing care in promoting comfort and alleviating the fear of hospitalization in elderly patients. It is essential to enhance nurses' caring behaviors, which should be a focus for hospital administrators and nursing managers in daily practice. Implementing structured training programs for nurses to enhance caring behaviors, as well as integrating elderly patients' perspectives on fear and comfort into hospital quality metrics, is recommended.