Translating Evidence into Clinical Practice: Adding to the Evidence Base: Validation of the Urostomy Education Scale: The European Experience

Testing inter-rater reliability of the Urostomy Education Scale

“…Both the need for and the importance of this tool has been demonstrated to support a population with specific care needs in uro-oncology (Sublett, 2013). However, to optimise evidence informed care, the tool needs to confirm reliability.…”

“…Patient education is constantly evolving as evidenced by the recent introduction of the Urostomy Education Scale (UES) . This tool documents the patient's level of stoma self-care skills and has been validated in different European countries concerning face, content and construct validity with promising results Sublett, 2013). The UES contains internationally recognised minimum standards in stoma care categorised into seven skills considered necessary for changing a stoma appliance .…”