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Characteristics n % Disease details of the patients n % Gender Chronic disease Woman 52 26 None 95 48 Men 148 74 One 57 29 Age More than one 48 24 20-39 year 13 7 Intervention 40-59 year 93 46 Angiography 126 63 >60y 94 47 Angioplasty 9 5 Body mass index Stend 65 33 Normal 30 15 Intervention site Overweight 98 49 Transradial 134 67 Obese 72 36 Transfemoral 66 33 Marital status Arrival at the hospital Married 185 93 From home 164 82 Single 15 8 From hospital 36 18 Education Urgency of intervention Illiterate 9 5 Urgent 36 18 Lliterate 10 5 Elective 164 82 Primary school 119 60 Number of ıntervention Lise 32 16 First 99 50 University 30 15 More than one times 101 51 Employment Severity of disease Employed 67 34 Serious 70 35 No 133 67 Moderately serious 110 55 Insurance Not serious 20 10 Private 8 4 Prognosis Social security 140 70 Curable 137 69 Other 52 26 Manageable 55 28 Income Getting worse 8 4 Low 23 12 Living activities Middle 147 74 Dependent 12 6 High 30 15 Semi-dependent 27 14 Independent 161 81 - Table 2
- Patients’ mean scores of the General Comfort Questionnaire dimensions and levels.
Questionnaire dimensions and levels Mean score Min-Max General comfort 3.00±0.30 2.2 - 3.7 Comfort dimensions Physical comfort 2.89±0.41 1.5 - 4.0 Psychospiritual comfort 3.21±0.42 1.9 - 4.0 Environmental comfort 2.92±0.45 1.8 - 3.8 Sociocultural comfort 2.97±0.35 1.8 - 3.8 Comfort levels Ease 3.02±0.35 1.9 - 3.8 Relief 3.01±0.36 2.1 - 3.8 Transcendence 2.96±0.38 1.5 - 3.7 - Table 3
- General Comfort Questionnaire total, dimension and level score averages by percutan coronary interventions access method.
Comfort Questionnaire Dimensions and levels Access method Test and p-value Transradial (n=134) Transfemoral (n=66) Mean score Mean score t ; p General comfort 3.11± 0.29 2.98± 0.31 3.113; 0.002 Dimensions Physical comfort 3.06 ± 0.41 2.86± 0.40 3.162; 0.002 Psychospiritual comfort 3.35± 0.43 3.21 ± 0.41 2.364 0.019 Environmental comfort 3.01± 0.45 2.85± 0.43 3.739; 0.000 Sociocultural comfort 2.96± 0.34 2.99 ±0.37 -0.488; 0.626 Levels Ease 3,. 2 ± 0.33 3.01 ± 0.37 2.137 ; 0.034 Relief 3.12± 0.34 3.00 ± 0.39 2.187; 0.030 Transcendence 2.98 ±0.38 2.92 ± 0.36 1.28; 0.202
