Analysis on quality of life and its influential elements of permanent sigmoid colostomy patients

Abstract

Objective To explore quality of life and its influential factors of permanent sigmoid colostomy patients.Methods Questionnaire of quality of life and adjustment ability of colostomy patients,Personal Resource Questionnaire Part Ⅱ (PRQ-85 Ⅱ) and State Self-Esteem Scale (SSES) were used and 73 colostomy patients over 3 months since colostomy surgery were recruited in this study.Results The quality of life of colostomy patients were moderately positively related to adjustment ability,social support and self-esteem (r =0.37-0.44,P＜0.01).Multiple linear regressions showed that the main factors related to quality of life of colostomy patients were perceived ability,marriage status,soeial support,parastomal hernia,stoma appliance cost,constipation and family relationship.Conclusions Enterostomal therapist and clinical nurses should help colostomy patients and their family members to accept their stoma and cope with their life,to improve their stoma self-care ability and decrease stoma complications to have better rehabilitation and quality of life. Key words: Permanent sigmoid colostomy patients; Quality of life; Influential factors