Adoption of magnetic resonance image-based comfort nursing in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis

This research aimed to evaluate the clinical efficacy of magnetic resonance image (MRI)-based comfort care in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and analyze its impact on hospital stay, symptom relief, and nursing satisfaction. A total of 300 patients with CRS who had received MRI examination to clarify the pathological features were retrospectively included and divided into a control group (n = 150) and an intervention group (n = 150) based on the nursing protocol they received. The control group received routine nursing care. While the intervention group received additional comfort care interventions (psychological support, posture guidance, dietary management) that were personalized based on individual MRI characteristics such as mucosal thickening and sinus obstruction. The data of hospital stay, time to complication resolution, medication/lifestyle/diet compliance score, and nursing satisfaction of the two groups were collected retrospectively and statistically analyzed. Based on MRI characteristics (e.g. , mucosal thickening, calcifications), the intervention group received personalized care tailored to lesion severity and location. Their hospital stay (9.85 ± 1.63 days) and time to complication resolution (8.17 ± 1.29 days) were notably shorter than those of the control group (16.18 ± 2.24 days, 15.09 ± 1.83 days, P < 0.05). MRI assessment revealed that patients with more extensive inflammation received more targeted interventions, which was associated with higher compliance scores (r = −0.42, P < 0.05), suggesting imaging helped tailor effective care. The intervention group exhibited greatly higher medication, lifestyle, and dietary compliance scores (23.71 ± 4.39, 24.31 ± 4.62, 21.93 ± 3.67) versus the control group (15.85 ± 5.05, 15.23 ± 3.77, 14.88 ± 4.55, P < 0.05). Nursing satisfaction was also markedly higher in the intervention group (90.67 %) than in the control group (76.67 %, P < 0.05). This retrospective analysis showed that MRI-based comfort care enables precise disease assessment and personalized interventions, effectively reducing hospital stay, improving treatment compliance, and enhancing nursing satisfaction in CRS patients, demonstrating promising clinical value that warrants further investigation and validation.