Education, Elderly, Enterostomy, Self-management
Conditions
Keywords
Enterostomy, elderly, self-management, education
Brief summary
The purpose of this intervention study was to understand the impact of a self-management education program on self-management skills, quality of life, and caregiver burden in older patients with enterostomies. It aims to answer the main question of whether a self-management education program can improve self-management skills, quality of life, and reduce family caregiver burden in elderly patients with enterostomies.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALself-management education program
Intervention through a self-management education program constructed through evidence summarization and expert correspondence.
Sponsors
Wuxi No. 2 People's Hospital
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* age ≥60 years * first enterostomy surgery * informed consent to voluntarily participate in this study.
Exclusion criteria
* verbal communication disorder; cognitive dysfunction or history of mental illness; * visual and manual mobility impairment unable to perform stoma care operations.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| self-management | during hospitalization, approximately 5 days and post-discharge, 1month | Self-management behavior questionnaire for patients with enterostomies. The questionnaire has a total score of 40-200, with higher scores being associated with better stoma self-management behaviours. |
| the quality of life | during hospitalization, approximately 5 days and post-discharge, 1month | City of Hope Quality of Life-ostomy Questionaire, COH-QOL-OQ. The scale has a total score of 0-320, with higher scores being associated with higher quality of life. |
| Caregiver burden | during hospitalization, approximately 5 days and post-discharge, 1month | Zarit Burden Interview,ZBI. The scale is scored on a total scale of 0-88, with the higher the score, the higher the burden on the carer. |
Countries
China
Outcome results
None listed