Enterostomy, Multimedia Learning Education, Quality of Life, Self-care
Conditions
Brief summary
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.
Detailed description
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.
Interventions
OTHERmultimedia education
The MLEP intervention was based on a literature review of prior research on the content and format of self care related multimedia education programmes
Sponsors
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Age ≧ 20 * Operation with ostomy
Exclusion criteria
* Dementia, mental illness, and central nervous system diseases * Unable self-care * Visual or hearing impairs
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| self-care ability | 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
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Promote quality of life | 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 |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed