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NCT Number: NCT06816602

The Effect of Structured Education Given to Individuals with Permanent Ostomy on Patient Outcomes

Stoma is the surgical creation of an artificial opening on the abdominal surface for the purpose of evacuation. Although stomas are created to help individuals return to a healthy and productive life, to maintain a better quality and longer life and to improve the underlying pathology, they significantly affect the physical, mental, emotional and social life of patients. Stoma is also considered to be a very difficult situation to accept because it causes physical changes in individuals. Therefore, it causes problems in body image, sexual life and self-confidence that are difficult to cope with. In addition to these problems, changes in physical appearance and physiological problems as a result of stoma opening negatively affect the body image perception of the individual, cause him/her to see himself/herself different from others, feel ashamed of himself/herself, decrease self-esteem and self-confidence, feel fear of rejection by family and friends and limit social activities. Psychological disorders such as obsession, denial and imaginary rectum sensation are also seen in this period, and the patient may react with anger, anxiety, depression and isolation. In short, stoma negatively affects the quality of life and all physical, psychological, spiritual and social aspects of the individual. In a multicentre study, it was found that all aspects of quality of life of individuals had a decreasing score after stoma surgery. In a systematic review, it was shown that quality of life decreased after stoma formation for both cancer and non-cancerous reasons. Education and counselling interventions are very important for this. In a study, it was reported that telephone counselling had a positive effect on patients in order to prevent their concerns about sexual life and the difficulties they experienced with their stoma. However, there is no study in the literature that provides face-to-face structured training to individuals with permanent ostomy and monitors the effect of this training on body image, sexual satisfaction and quality of life. The aim of this study is to provide face-to-face structured education to patients with ostomy and to examine the effect of this education on body image, sexual satisfaction and quality of life.

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Key information

Conditions

Ostomy - Ileostomy or Colostomy Behavior Orgasm Sexual Behavior

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Ondokuz Mayıs Unıversity

Samsun, Atakum, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location contact

Özge İşeri Ondokuz Mayıs Unıversıty, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

About this study

According to the data obtained from researches and associations in the USA, approximately 725,000-1,000,000 individuals are thought to have stoma today and this number is increasing day by day. In the United States, between 120,000-150,000 new stomas are opened every year. In Turkey, this number was reported to be 2509 individuals in the statistics made in 2017. Although stoma is applied to prolong the life span of patients, to help them return to the living standards they had before diagnosis, to improve their quality of life and to improve the underlying pathology, it causes them to encounter problems that cause changes in lifestyle in physical, emotional, sexual, psychological and social aspects. Studies have shown that the quality of life of individuals after stoma surgery has a decreasing score in all aspects and in another study, it was reported that telephone counselling had a positive effect on patients to prevent their concerns about sexual life and the difficulties they experienced with their stoma. The uniqueness of this study is that face-to-face structured training was given to patients with permanent ostomy and the effect on body image, sexual satisfaction and quality of life of individuals in the first and third months was examined.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Over 18 years old, with a permanent ostomy, with ileostomy or colostomy, no cognitive or mental problems Exclusion Criteria: Previous structured training on living with a stoma, those with psychiatric or mental problems, those undergoing revision surgery

Treatment and study plan

Education

Behavioral

Receiving structured education

Primary outcomes

  1. body image

    Time frame: pretest, 1 month after intervention, 3 month after intervention

    Body Image Scale; It was developed by Hopwood (2001) and adapted to Turkish by Karayurt et al. (2015). The scale consists of 10 questions that question patients' perceptions of their individual body image and their reactions to change. A low scale score indicates that the perception of self-image is better. Cronbach Alpha value in the Turkish version of the scale is 0.94. Item-Total Score Correlation Coefficients vary between 0.75 and 0.91.

  2. Sexual Satisfaction

    Time frame: pretest, 1 month after intervention, 3 month after intervention

    Golombuk-Rust Sexual Satisfaction Scale: Golombuk-Rust (Rust and Golombok 1986) sexual satisfaction scale is a scale used to evaluate sexual problems and their severity consisting of 28 questions. It consists of 12 sub-assessment scales related to empotence, premature ejaculation, orgasm disorder, vaginismus, miscommunication, frequency and male and female avoidance, male and female insensitivity and male and female dissatisfaction. Scores of five and above indicate impairment in sexual functions in that sub-dimension. Tuğrul et al. (1993) reported that the Golombuk-Rust Sexual Satisfaction Scale is valid and reliable in our country.

  3. Quality of Life

    Time frame: pretest, 1 month after intervention, 3 month after intervention

    Quality of Life Scale for Individuals with Ostomy (QoLQS): It was developed by Baxter et al. (2006). The scale, which evaluates the quality of life of individuals with stoma, was translated into Turkish by Karadağ et al. in 2011. It was found that the Stoma Quality of Life Scale, which consisted of a total of 19 items and 3 subscales, was valid and reliable for adult individuals with stoma (ileostomy, colostomy and urostomy) in the Turkish population. The reliability coefficient of the scale (Cronbach α) was found to be 0.87 and the reliability coefficients of the subscales were 0.77, 0.72 and 0.76, respectively.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Ayşe Arslanoğlu Yaşar Postgraduate master student, RN

CONTACT

[email protected]

5417413355

Özge İşeri Özge İşeri, Assistant Professor, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

03623121919

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Özge İşeri

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2026
First posted
Feb 10, 2025
Registry last updated
Feb 10, 2025

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