Abstract:

Objective: Comfort; sadness, boredom, non-anxiety as a condition of the Turkish Language Institution's Dictionary. The concept of comfort has become a frequently talked about concept for premature infants and neonatal intensive care units since Kolcaba defined comfort and developed its theory. Premature infants must remain in intensive care units during the period when they need to be present in a safe intrauterine environment. Neonatal intensive care units are areas where premature babies are treated and treated as necessary, as well as where there are many painful procedures and procedures that will disturb the comfort of the baby and where there is an inappropriate environment. The aim of this review is to present the concept of comfort in prematures in the light of current information. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted between June and October 2019 using the scanning method and document review technique. National (Hacettepe University Libraries, Turkish Medline and Ulakbim Journalpark, National Thesis Center) and international ("Web of Science", "Science Direct" and "Pub-Med", "Web of Science") databases were scanned.

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