Background: A few studies have addressed the impact of stoma on patients’ social life. This study aimed to understand the problems leading to social isolation of patients undergoing ostomy. Methods: A conventional qualitative content analysis by unstructured interviews was conducted on 27 patients with intestinal or urinary diversion ostomy recruited from the Iranian Ostomy&nbs...

The number of ostomy care clinician experts is limited and the majority of ostomy care is provided by non-specialized clinicians or unskilled caregivers and family. The purpose of this study was to obtain content validation data for a new standardized algorithm for ostomy care developed by expert wound ostomy continence nurse (WOCN) clinicians. After face validity was established using...

p ersons with an ostomy face numerous challenges and adjustments. studies describe initial needs: a stoma site marked by an ostomy nurse specialist,1,2 a stoma designed with a protrusion to allow the stoma effluent to drain into the pouching system, education by a nurse specialist to acquire the skills necessary to manage the stoma,3 the help and support of a significant other,4 and an appropri...

Background: Although parastomal hernia is a common complication of ostomy surgery, the exact risk factors for its development remain unclear. The aim this study was to determine incidence and in patients. 
 Methods: A retrospective conducted. data from cohort 952 patients' hospital records between 2013 2020 were extracted analyzed. Patients’ ostomy-related characteristics, notes, occurrenc...

BACKGROUND Since there is no disease-specific instrument for measuring quality-of-life (QOL) in Ostomy patients in Persian language. AIM This study was designed to translate and evaluate the validity and reliability of City of Hope-quality of life-Ostomy questionnaire (COH-QOL-Ostomy questionnaire). SUBJECTS AND METHODS This study was designed as cross-sectional study. Reliability of the su...