Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of people with ostomy and the adaptive domains of Roy’s theory: A cross-sectional study
Suenia Silva de Mesquita Xavier,
Lays Pinheiro de Medeiros,
Alcides Viana de Lima Neto
et al.
Abstract:Introduction
The adaptation of people with ostomies may be associated with and affected by sociodemographic and clinical factors. The present study aimed to investigate the association between the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and the adaptation of people with an intestinal stoma.
Method
An analytical study, carried out through an interview with 200 patients with ostomy for five months. For that, it was applied to scale for the level of adaptation of ostomy patients to measure the physiologic… Show more
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