“…In terms of state, comfort can be described as relief, ease and transcendence, being developed in four contexts: physical context, which refers to bodily sensations; sociocultural context, which refers to interpersonal, family and social relationships; psychospiritual context, which refers to one's conscience of oneself, including self-esteem, self-concept, sexuality and meaning of life; and environmental context, which involves aspects like light, noise, equipment and natural or artificial elements of the environment. 3,4,23,24 Antecedents, consequences and substitute terms for comfort Box 3 presents the synthesis of the antecedents, consequences and substitute terms for the phenomenon of comfort mentioned in the analyzed studies.…”