Quality of Life with a Permanent Colostomy

Holzer, Brigitte; Rosén, Harald

doi:10.1007/3-540-27494-4_31

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“…This was counter to our hypothesis. We would not have expected this result because rectal cancer patients who undergo invasive therapies such as radiation and surgery with permanent colostomies (NCCN 2009b; Wickham & Lassere, 2007) may have greater social (e.g., odor, diarrhea, sexual dysfunction, nausea) (Holzer & Rosen, 2005) and psychological dysfunction (e.g., depression, anxiety, feelings of loss and control) (Adler & Page, 2008; Wickham & Lassere, 2007). A lesser level of reported psychosocial services among rectal cancer patients could possibly be the result of different treatment patterns than for patients with colon cancer.…”

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Use of Psychosocial Support Services Among Male Veterans Affairs Colorectal Cancer Patients

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Jackson

Abbott

et al. 2011

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

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The authors describe use of psychosocial services within +/− 3 months of diagnosis among male colorectal cancer (CRC) patients treated within the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system. Analysis included 1,199 patients with CRC treated at 27 VA medical centers primarily diagnosed between the periods 2005 to 2007. Of the patients, 78.6% received some form of psychosocial support, including 50.5% social work, 58.9% chaplain, 6.2% psychologist, 7.1% psychiatry, 3.5% mental health nurse, and 4.4% other. Logistic regression results indicate that rectal cancer patients were less likely to receive psychosocial services (odds ratio = .65, 95% confidence interval [0.43, 0.97]). The majority of patients in the VA receive some type of psychosocial service at the time of CRC diagnosis.

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