No. OA-034 EFFECTS OF NURSING COMFORT CARE INTEGRATED WITH THE ISLAMIC DAILY RITUALS ON MECHANICALLY VENTILATED MUSLIM PATIENTS: Junaidy Suparman Rustam!, Warapom Kongsuwan?, Luppana Kitrungrote* 'Yarsi Health Science College, West Sumatra > Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Thailand Email: ABSTRACT Introduction, Most of patients with mechanical ventilation reported decreasing in comfort during their treatment. The concept of Kolcaba’s comfort care can be an effective way to promote holistic comfort in patients with mechanical ventilation. However, the role of these basic interventions is not prominent and may not appropriate for mechanically ventilated patients in different spiritual and cultural backgound, particularly in Muslim population. Methods. A quasi-experimental study was used. Fifty-six participants recruited from intensive care units of three public hospitals in West Sumatra, Indonesia Those in the experimental group received nursing comfort care developed based on Koleaba’s Theory of Comfort integrating with the Islamic daily rituals while those in the control group received usual care. Comfort was assessed by using Comfort Questionnaire for Mechanically Ventilated Patients (CQMVP). Results. Mean of comfort score in the experimental group after receiving the intervention ificantly higher than those in the control group (t = 6.70, p <.05). The mean of comfort score after receiving the intervention in the experimental group was increased significantly from before receiving the intervention (1 = 12.38, p <.05). Conclusions and Recommendation. The results showed that nursing comfort care was effective in promoting comfort in Muslim patients while receiving mechanical ventilation. ‘Thus, this nursing care program can be recommended to use in practice. Keywords: Comfort, isiam, mechanical ventilation, Muslim, nursing. The 2019 International Nursing Conference = AINEC | 41