General Comfort Questionnaire

The basic GCQ has been filed with the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse for several years.

• Highlighted in Kolcaba, K (1992). Holistic comfort: Operationalizing....) Advances in Nursing Science, 15(1), 1-10.

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Shortened General Comfort Questionnaire

The 28-item GCQ is in the same format as the original GCQ (48 items).

• Highlighted in Kolcaba, Schirm, & Steiner in Geriatric Nursing published in 2006

Comfort Behaviors Check List

Developed as a last resort, data collectors are used to rate a patient’s apparent comfort. While not as desirable as actually asking a patient about his or her comfort, the instrument can fill a gap regarding data collection in comatose, very frail (as in terminal), or cognitively limited patients.

Comfort Daisies

This instrument was designed for use with young children

• Highlighted in Kolcaba, K. & DiMarco, M. (2005). Comfort Theory and Its Application to Pediatric Nursing. Pediatric Nursing, 31(3), 187-194.

Perianesthesia Comfort Questionnaire

• Wilson, L. & Kolcaba, K. (2004). Practical application of Comfort Theory in the perianesthesia setting. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. 19(3), 164-173.

Radiation Therapy Comfort Questionnaire

• Oncology Nursing Forum, 26(1), 1999, 67-72).

Urinary Incontinence and Frequency Comfort Questionnaire

• Feautered in Dowd, T., Kolcaba, K., & Steiner, R. (2001). Using cognitive strategies to enhance bladder control and comfort. Holistic Nursing Practice, 14(2), 91-103.

End of Life Comfort Questionnaire - Patient

End of Life Comfort Questionnaire - Family

The family instruments are designed to measure the comfort of the family member, NOT how they perceive the patient's comfort. The theory is that if the patient is comfortable, the family member will be comfortable also.

• Featured in Novak, B., Kolcaba, K., Steiner, R., & Dowd, T. (2001). American Journal of Palliative Care 18(3), 170-180.

Hospice Comfort Questionnaire

• Featured in Kolcaba, K., Dowd, T., Steiner, R. & Mitzel, A. (2004). Efficacy of hand massage for enhancing comfort of Hospice Patients. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, 6(2), 91-101.

Healing Touch Comfort Questionnaire

Adapted from the Genereal Comfort Questioannaire

• Featured in Dowd, T., Kolcaba, K., & Steiner, R. (2006) Development of the Healing Touch Comfort Questionnaire. Holistic Nursing Practice, 20(3), 122-129.

Advance Directives Comfort Questionnaire

Verbal Rating Scale Questionnaire

This scale correlates with the Healing Touch Comfort Questionnaire. Please refer to Dowd, T., Kolcaba, K., Steiner, R. , & Fashinpaur, D. (2007). Comparision of healing touch, coaching, and a combined intervention on comfort and stress in younger college students. Holistic Nursing Practice, 21(4), 194-202.

Visual discomfort scale Questionnaire

Nurses Comfort Questionnaire

Developed after consulting and research surrounding magnet status for facilities. This tool can be used to measure the nurses' comfort as a result of a institutional, or smaller unit, change. /p>

CQs created by Others

Pediatric Comfort Assessment

Developed and used by Intermountain Healthcare. Please contact pcjrobin@ihc.com for more information

Psychiatric Comfort Questionnaire

Contact apostolo@esenfc.pt for more information

Self-Comfort with Sexual Identity Questionnnaire

This questionnaire is designed to explore issues related to the acquisition of self-comfort with sexual identity in gay, lesbian, or bisexual adults. Contact lg20@uakron.edu for more information.

General Comfort Questionnaire - Adapted for Deaf Clients

Contact: dinokattato@hotmail.com for more information.

Immobilization Comfort Questionnaire

Childbirth Comfort Questionnaire

Contact: kschuili@nmu.edu for more information.

Foreign CQs

Urinary Incontinence & Frequency Comfort Questionnaire (TURKISH)

Contact zneriman@yahoo.com for more information.

General Comfort Questionnaire (TURKISH)

Contact skuguoglu@gmail.com for more information.

Psychiatric Comfort Questionnaire (PORTUGUESE)

Contact apostolo@esenfc.pt for more information.

Breast Cancer CQ (PORTUGUESE)

Contact suigi@hotmail.it for more information

Caregivers of Women w/ Terminal Cancer (PORTUGUESE)

Contact derchain@fcm.unicamp.br for more information.

General Comfort Questionnaire (ITALIAN)

Contact suigi@hotmail.it for more information

General Comfort Questionnaire (SPANISH)

Contact ferrer_esp@gva.es for more information

Nurses Comfort Questionnaire (SPANISH)

Contact ferrer_esp@gva.es for more information

Perianesthesia Comfort Questionnaire (FARSI)

Contact Rezaei_m@kaums.ac.ir for more information

Primipara Patients after Perineal Care (VISAYAN)

Contact fritzie_ong@yahoo.com for more information

Comfort and Architecture (PORTUGUESE)

Aloisio Leoni Schmid (iso@ufpr.br), architect and lecturer in Brazil, wrote a book called A ideia de conforto: reflexoes sobre o ambiente construido. He states, "your writings on comfort allowed me to develop a much more consistent comfort theory for architecture. It helped me understand the links between comfort functionality and arts in architecture".