Table 3

-The comfort levels of patients according to features related to the intensive care experiences (N=275).

Variables	GC	PC	EC	PSC	SCC
Primary reason for treatment in ICU
Myocardial infarction (n=65)	2.14±0.22^a	2.23±0.30	2.30±0.35	1.93±0.41	1.95±0.39^a
Angiography (n=58)	2.05±0.23^b	2.09±0.35	2.20±0.27	1.90±0.23	1.82±0.34^b
Heart failure (n=70)	2.09±0.24^c	2.13±0.31	2.31±0.32	1.92±0.27	1.83±0.38^c
Dysrhythmia (n=27)	2.13±0.21^d	2.24±0.28	2.35±0.28	1.86±0.22	1.93±0.29^d
Surgical procedures(n=31)	2.02±0.22^e	2.05±0.37	2.23±0.33	1.88±0.16	1.70±0.37^e
Other (n=24)	2.03±0.26^f	2.12±0.38	2.23±0.34	1.44±0.24	1.76±0.36^f
Significance	KW=12.133/p=0.033/a=d>e=f, b=c=e=f*	KW=10.940/p=0.053	KW=9.854/p=0.079	KW=5.197/p=0.392	KW=14.193/p=0.014/a=d>e=f, b=c*
The reason for previous hospitalization (n=176)
Related to CD (n=143)	2.07±0.24	2.12±0.34	2.27±0.30	1.89±0.37	1.81±0.37
Not related to CD (n=33)	2.20±0.20	2.28±0.27	2.42±0.25	1.97±0.28	1.96±0.32
Significance	t= -2.924/p=0.004	t= -2.622/p=0.010	t= -2.558/p=0.011	t= -1.647/p=0.101	t= -2.256/p=0.028
Communication with nurses
Good (n=73)	2.06±0.25	2.10±0.33	2.26±0.32	1.89±0.29	1.77±0.35
Very good (n=202)	2.10±0.22	2.16±0.33	2.27±0.27	1.91±0.22	1.87±0.37
Significance	t= -1.397/p=0.163	t= -1.384/p=0.167	t= -0.263/p=0.792	t= -0.360/p=0.720	t= -2.104/p=0.036

Values are presented as means ± standard deviations (SDs). *Dunn-Bonferroni test. Significance at p<0.00167. GC: general comfort,

PC: physical comfort, EC: environmental comfort, PSC: psychospiritual comfort, SCC: sociocultural comfort, t: independent t-test