Perceived Nursing Care, Nurse-Patient Interaction and Comfort among Psychiatric Inpatients: A Cross-Sectional Study
ISSUES IN MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Publication Date: 2026
- Doi Number: 10.1080/01612840.2026.2713659
- Journal Name: ISSUES IN MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Abstracts in Social Gerontology, CINAHL, Educational research abstracts (ERA), EMBASE, Gender Studies Database, MEDLINE, Psycinfo, Public Affairs Index, Violence & Abuse Abstracts, Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO), Biomedical Reference Collection: Corporate Edition (EBSCO), Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest), Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO), Sociology Source Ultimate (EBSCO)
- Trakya University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Comfort is a significant result of mental nursing care, intricately linked to the quality of nurse-patient interactions and patients' perceptions of nursing care. This study aimed to examine whether perceived nursing care and nurse-patient interaction predict general comfort levels among psychiatric inpatients. A cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational study was performed including 67 psychiatric inpatients at a state hospital from January to October 2025. Data were gathered utilizing a Sociodemographic Information Form, the Short General Comfort Questionnaire, the Patient Perception of Hospital Experience with Nursing Scale, and the Nurse-Patient Interaction Scale. Pearson correlation, multiple linear regression, and bootstrapped mediation analyses were performed. General comfort was positively correlated with perceived nursing care (r = 0.329, p = 0.007) and nurse-patient interaction (r = 0.322, p = 0.008). Regression analysis showed that these variables explained 14.8% of the variance in comfort (F = 5.571, p = 0.006), however mediation analysis shown that nurse-patient interaction did not significantly moderate this connection. Strengthening therapeutic communication and improving the quality of nursing care may enhance comfort among psychiatric inpatients.