Quality of Life with an Intestinal Stoma

Long‐term quality of life in patients with permanent sigmoid colostomy

“…This score is significantly lower than in a reference group for Sweden derived from 70 patients with a permanent sigmoid colostomy where the mean value was 63 [9]. Low values of the mean StomaQOL score have been reported from other countries, and in Hungary as low as 53 [14]. The selected group of 16 patients in the present study with bad QoL differed significantly in several aspects from the Swedish reference group [9].…”

“…This score is significantly lower than in a reference group for Sweden derived from 70 patients with a permanent sigmoid colostomy where the mean value was 63 [9]. Low values of the mean StomaQOL score have been reported from other countries, and in Hungary as low as 53 [14].…”

“…The observation that fatigue during daytime was common has been reported by others [9] and may be associated with sleeping problems during the night. Only a few questionnaires address stoma‐related sleep problems but in the development of StomaQOL it was observed that stoma patients often complained of sleeping problems [7,14], which may be pouch related such as faecal leakage or ballooning [15].…”

Quality of Life in US Residents With Ostomies as Assessed Using the SF36v2

“…Generic instruments may be criticized as not sensitive enough to measure the impact of the daily challenges unique to a condition. 12 However, conditionspecifi c instruments may be criticized for not allowing comparisons with the general population necessary for demonstrating the relative burden of living with a stoma. The SF36v2 (QualityMetric Inc, Lincoln, Rhode Island), a generic instrument for measuring HRQOL, was chosen because of both its ability to measure HRQOL in persons with ostomies and its ability to allow comparison of values measured in individuals with ostomies to the general population.…”

A qualitative evaluation of the STOMA psychosocial intervention programme for colorectal cancer patients with stoma

“…It remains a challenge for patients with a newly formed stoma to accept and adapt on returning home after their surgical treatment for colorectal cancer (Lim, Chan, & He, ). The quality of life (QoL) in these patients deteriorate as their physical, cognitive, emotional, and social functions are affected (Brown & Randle, ; Da Silva, Faustino, & Oliveira, ; Juul & Prieto, ; Notter & Chalmers, ), especially during the initial preoperative and postoperative periods (Brown & Randle, ). Findings from previous studies revealed that patients without sufficient preoperative preparation can result in poor acceptance of stoma, which influenced their ability to adjust to the stoma and their self‐efficacy in stoma care (Lim et al., ; Simmons, Smith, Bobb, & Liles, ).…”