Helmet Non-invasive Ventilation Therapy: Measurement of comfort behaviour

Abstract

Comfort is integral towards tolerance in helmet non-invasive ventilation (NIV) therapy among acute respiratory failure (ARF) patients. This study aims to measure the patients’ comfort behaviour level after completion of helmet NIV therapy. It is a quantitative, descriptive, observational study involving 67 ARF patients. Kolcaba's Comfort Behavioural Checklist (CBC) was used, with the highest score of 120. The mean CBC score was 88.54, SD 7.35, indicating moderate comfort level; for Acute Pulmonary Oedema (APO) and non- APO, patients were 89.88, SD 7.25, and 87.08, SD 7.80 respectively. This reflects genuine patients' response towards therapy which is significant for future improvement.

Keywords: Helmet Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; CPAP; Kolcaba’s Behavioural Checklist; Acute Respiratory Failure

eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.3082