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NCT Number: NCT04966286

The Effectiveness of Applying Multimedia on Self-Care and Quality of Life in Patient With Enterostomy

This report was an effective evaluation of using multimedia educational program for self-care and quality of life in patients with a stoma at postoperative and established a simple threshold for enterostomy self-care skills.

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Key information

Conditions

Multimedia Learning Education Enterostomy Quality of Life Self-care

Age range

20 year–90 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Hsing Fang Ko

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

About this study

In a systematic review, evaluated the effectiveness of multimedia education program (MLEP) and confirmed that MLEP reduced cost significantly and improved patient participation in enterostomy care and self-care ability. However, research was insufficient for whether a multimedia education program (MLEP) interventions can improve patient self-care and quality of life.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Age ≧ 20
  • Operation with ostomy

Exclusion criteria

  • Dementia, mental illness, and central nervous system diseases
  • Unable self-care
  • Visual or hearing impairs

Treatment and study plan

multimedia education

Other

The MLEP intervention was based on a literature review of prior research on the content and format of self care related multimedia education programmes

Primary outcomes

  1. self-care ability

    Time frame: One and a half years

    Assessment scale of self-care ability of enterostomy care was a quantitative scale for nursing staff to evaluate self-care skills in patients with enterostomy. It consisted of 7 items related to: Prepare items, removing the pouching system, measuring the enterostomy diameter, adjusting the size of the enterostomy diameter in a new stoma appliance, skin care, fitting a new enterostomy appliance, and emptying procedure. Each skill was rated on a 4-point scale: Likert scale (1: not at all, 2: some, 3: quite a lot, 4: very much).

    Higher scores indicated that patient had a higher level of self-care skills for changing enterostomy pouching system

Secondary outcomes

  1. Promote quality of life

    Time frame: One and a half years

    The Enterostomy quality of life was comprised of 30 questionnaires, it covered seven domains: relations with family and friends, Sleep, activity, sexual activity, social relationship, physiology and psychology. The responses rated on a4-point scale Likert scale (1: extremely, 2: quite a lot, 3: somewhat, 4: not at all). The possible scores range was from 37 to 148. Higher scores indicated that patient had a higher level of quality of life

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Jul 19, 2021
Registry last updated
Jul 19, 2021

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