The theory of comfort provides a framework for research in any setting where patients have comfort
needs and enhancing their comfoil is vaiued. The theory has been used to test the effectiveness of speciflc
holistic interventions for increasing comfort, to demonstrate the correlation between comfofi and subsequent
HSBs, anci to relate HSBs to desirable institutional outcomes. It is important as a framework for
interdisciplinary care and research because the focus is on the unifying and positive outcome of patient
comfort. As such, CT has been used in many heaith care specialties, both nationally and internationally.
As a value-aclded indicator of improved quality, the desired outcome of comforl is used by nursing leaders for practice and research.