Self-Care and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Drainage Enterostomy: A Multicenter, Cross Sectional Study

Eladio J. Collado-Boira, Francisco H. Machancoses, Ana Folch-Ayora, Pablo Salas-Medina, Desamparados Bernat-Adell Mª, Vicente Bernalte-Martí and Dolores Temprado-Albalat Mª
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Eladio J. Collado-Boira: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, 12071 Castelló, Spain
Francisco H. Machancoses: Predepartmental Unit of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, 12071 Castelló, Spain
Ana Folch-Ayora: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, 12071 Castelló, Spain
Pablo Salas-Medina: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, 12071 Castelló, Spain
Desamparados Bernat-Adell Mª: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, 12071 Castelló, Spain
Vicente Bernalte-Martí: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, 12071 Castelló, Spain
Dolores Temprado-Albalat Mª: Department of Nursing, University CEU Cardenal Herrera, Alfara del Patriarca, 46115 Valencia, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 5, 1-10

Abstract: The current article examined stoma self-care and health-related quality of life in patients with drainage enterostomy, described clinical and sociodemographic variables and analyzed the relationship between all of them. Trained interviewers collected data using a standardized form that queried sociodemographic and clinical variables. In addition, Self-Care (SC) was measured through a specific questionnaire for Ostomized Patients (CAESPO) and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) through the Stoma Quality of Life questionnaire (S-QoL), which are not included in the electronic medical record. This was a multicenter, cross sectional study conducted in four hospitals of the province of Castellon (Spain), where 139 participants were studied. As novel findings, it was found that the level of SC of the stoma was high and was positively correlated with health-related quality of life. In relation to SC and sociodemographic variables studied in the research, women, married patients and active workers presented significantly higher scores than the rest. In relation to the clinical variables, we highlight the highest scores of the autonomous patients in the care of their stoma and those who used irrigations regularly. The lowest scores were the patients with complications in their stoma. We can highlight the validity and reliability of the CAESPO scale for biomedical and social research, and the importance of skills related to self-care of ostomy patients for a good level of HRQoL.

Keywords: self-care; self-care monitoring; quality of life; stoma care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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