Journal of Advances in Clinical Nursing

Objective To observe and analyze the clinical effect and application value of comfort nursing intervention for elderly patients with chronic heart failure. Methods A retrospective study was conducted to select 60 elderly patients with chronic heart failure (sample included: 60 cases; Sample inclusion time: May 2022 to May 2023) was divided into control and experimental groups based on random ball touching, and the number of observed cases was highly consistent. Routine nursing and comfort nursing intervention were carried out respectively. The nursing effect was collected and analyzed. Results Compared with the control group (routine nursing), the experimental group (comfort nursing intervention) had a higher post-nursing comfort score (psychological comfort/environmental comfort/nursing service comfort) and a lower negative emotion score (SAS/SDS). The symptom relief time (dyspnea relief time/fatigue disappearance time/edema disappearance time/heart rate return to normal time) and hospital stay after nursing were shorter, and the score of life quality (role function/emotional function/cognitive function/social function/physical function) after nursing was higher, with statistical significance (P<0.05). Conclusion Comfort nursing intervention can effectively promote the relief of symptoms in elderly patients with chronic heart failure, promote recovery, help to enhance comfort, reduce negative emotions, improve quality of life, improve prognosis, and have high application value.

Elderly patients; Chronic heart failure; Comfort nursing intervention; Nursing effect