102 Quality of Life After Intestinal Stoma: A Cross Sectional Study Among a Sample of Sudanese Patients

Abstract

Aim The effects of stoma surgery are multiple, and patient’s quality of life is affected in many ways. Stoma is increasingly used as surgical technique in Sudan, however; studies assessing its effects are lacking. Method a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 3 hospitals in Khartoum state. Patients were interviewed using structure questionnaire Results 65.9% (27) of the patients were males, the mean age was 44.36 (±14.3) and 36.6% had primary school education. 43.9% were unemployed. Mean duration of stoma was 10.67(±10.5) months, and it was temporal in 61% (25). Colorectal cancer was the most indication for the stoma. 70.7% (29) were married, 34.3% (12) reported change in their work after surgery and 68% (17) said it was due to the stoma surgery. Of those who were sexually active, 45.2% (14) didn’t resume their sexual life after it, and most of those who returned report it not to be satisfactory. The entire social and most of the religious practices were found to be statistically different before and after surgery. The mean score for the psychological quality of life was 58.47 (±13.32) out of 80. Conclusions Although stoma patients generally have poor quality of life, they struggle in sexual, social, work, and religious aspects. Patients have good psychological quality of life. Efforts to improve the quality of life and incorporation into the community are needed