Quality of life of ostomates with the selected factors in a selected hospital of delhi with a view to develop guidelines for the health professionals

Quality of life of ostomates with the selected factors in a selected hospital of delhi with a view to develop guidelines for the health professionals

A correlational survey to assess the quality of life (QoL) of ostomates with selected factors in a selected hospital of Delhi and to develop guidelines for the health professionals to improve QoL of ostomates was undertaken during the year 2005-2007. The objectives of the study were as follows: (1)...

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Published in:Indian journal of palliative care Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 111 - 114
Main Authors: Sinha, Aditi, Goyal, Harinderjeet, Singh, Shailja, Rana, Shiv Pratap Singh
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01-07-2009
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Subjects:
Care and treatment
Data collection
Management
Marital status
Methods
Nursing care
Original
Ostomy patients
Palliative treatment
Practice guidelines (Medicine)
Quality of life
Surveys
India
Colostomy
Ostomates
Quality of life
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Summary:A correlational survey to assess the quality of life (QoL) of ostomates with selected factors in a selected hospital of Delhi and to develop guidelines for the health professionals to improve QoL of ostomates was undertaken during the year 2005-2007. The objectives of the study were as follows: (1) To assess QoL of ostomates (2) To identify the factors associated with QoL of ostomates (3) To seek relationship between selected factors and QoL of ostomates (4) To develop guidelines for the health professionals to improve QoL of ostomates. The corelational survey was conducted on 50 ostomates from Surgical Oncology OPD of B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, Delhi. Purposive sampling technique was employed to select the sample subjects. Structured interview schedule was prepared. Guidelines were prepared for health professionals to improve the quality of life of ostomates. Majority of the ostomates possessed best quality of life. There was a significant association between QoL score of ostomates with age, sex, duration of surgery, education, income, and occupation. There was no significant association between QoL scores of ostomates and marital status and type of ostomy. This study conclude that nurses have a great role to play in the physical, psychological, economical, social, familial, and sexual aspects in the care of ostomates and to offer psychological support and empathy, to reinforce coping skills to promote an optimal QoL.also she has a great role to influence and educate all the aspects of care to the patients and their relatives. Their is a need to develop staff development program for nursing personnel in the clinical area in healthcare system.
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ISSN:0973-1075
1998-3735
DOI:10.4103/0973-1075.58455