INTERVENTIONS AND PRACTICES USING COMFORT THEORY OF KOLCABA TO PROMOTE ADULTS’ COMFORT: AN EVIDENCE AND GAP MAP PROTOCOL OF INTERNATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS STUDIES

Interventions and practices using Comfort Theory of Kolcaba to promote adults’ comfort: an evidence and gap map protocol of international effectiveness studies

Abstract Background Comfort is a primary patient objective and central to patient experience, and thus, maximising comfort is a universal goal for healthcare.However, comfort is a complex concept that is difficult to operationalise and evaluate, resulting in a lack of scientific and standardised comfort care practices.The Comfort Theory developed b

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Seroepidemiology of bluetongue in South Bengal

Aim: With the aim of revealing the epidemiological intricacies of bluetongue (BT) in the southern part of West Bengal state, the present study was undertaken to assess seroprevalence of BT along with identification of the vector of the disease, i.e., Culicoides midges available in the region in their keychron m4 breeding season with conducive envir

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Defining a mid-Holocene earthquake through speleoseismological and independent data: implications for the outer Central Apennines (Italy) seismotectonic framework

A speleoseismological study has been conducted in the Cavallone Cave, located in the easternmost carbonate sector of the Central Apennines (Maiella Massif), in a seismically active region interposed between the post-orogenic extensional domain, to the west, and the contractional one, to the east.The occurrence of active silent normal faults, to the

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