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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcol.2015.12.005
Sociodemographic and clinical features and quality of life in stomized patients
Características sociodemográficas e clínicas e qualidade de vida de pessoas com estomia intestinal
Abstract
Objectives To identify users with an intestinal ostomy concerning their sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and to determine the scores for quality of life according to the domains of the questionnaire City of Hope.
Method This is a household, descriptive, transversal, quantitative-approach survey, accomplished with 30 registered users at the Ostomy Association of the State of Paraíba, Brazil. A specific form for ostomy patients was applied, and data analysis was performed with the use of the software Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0. This study was approved by CAAE No. 17224613.8.0000.5183.
Results Most participants were over 60 years, were Catholics, with elementary education, an income up to three minimum wages, married or in a stable relationship, with almost all quality of life scores above the midpoint of the range of the variables of the domains surveyed by the questionnaire City of Hope.
Conclusion The questionnaire led to the conclusion that the respondents with ostomy had a satisfactory quality of life.
Resumo
Objetivos Caracterizar os usuários com estomias intestinais quanto aos aspectos sociodemográficos e clínicos e determinar os escores de qualidade de vida segundo domínios do questionário City of Hope.
Método Trata-se de inquérito domiciliar, descritivo, transversal e de abordagem quantitativa, realizado com 30 usuários cadastrados na Associação de Ostomizados do Estado da Paraíba. Utilizou-se formulário específico para estomizados e a análise dos dados foi realizada com o auxílio do programa Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS), versão 20.0. A pesquisa foi aprovada com CAAE n. 17224613.8.0000.5183.
Resultados A maioria tinha mais de 60 anos, católicos, com ensino fundamental, renda de até três salários, casados ou em união estável, com quase todos os escores de qualidade de vida acima do ponto médio da escala para as variáveis dos domínios explorados pelo questionário City of Hope.
Conclusão O instrumento permitiu inferir que os estomizados pesquisados possuíam qualidade de vida satisfatória.
Publication History
Received: 26 July 2015
Accepted: 06 December 2015
Article published online:
17 February 2021
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