Lived Experiences of Patients After Colorectal Cancer and Permanent Colostomy: A Parallel-Design Mixed-Methods Study.

Objective: To identify the lived experiences, quality of life (QoL), and level of ostomy adjustment (OA) in patients after colorectal cancer with a permanent colostomy (PC).

Methods: In this parallel-design mixed-methods study, the researchers interviewed 14 patients after colorectal cancer whose PC was created more than 1 year prior. Qualitative data were interpreted using hermeneutic interpretive phenomenological design.

Pressure Injury Prevalence and Risk Factors: A National Multicenter Analytical Study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the point prevalence (PP) of general pressure injuries (PIs), hospital-acquired PIs, PI-related risk factors, and PI preventive interventions performed by nurses.

Design: Descriptive, multicenter, prospective, analytical study.

Subjects And Setting: The sample comprised 5088 patients cared for in 13 hospitals in 12 geographic regions of Turkey.

Impact of tailored training about pressure injuries on nurses' knowledge levels and pressure injury point prevalence: The case of Turkey.

Aim: This study was conducted to determine the impact of tailored training provided to nurses for preventing pressure injuries (PIs) on nurses' knowledge levels and the PI point prevalence (PP).

Materials And Methods: This interventional study was carried out in a university hospital with a bed capacity of 1114 in an urban center in Turkey. Ethics committee approval (28.

Effect of Gum Chewing on Recovery After Surgery for Colorectal Surgery Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

The aim of this study was to determine the role of chewing gum in bowel functions after left colon and/or rectal surgery. In this randomized controlled study, the sample consisted of adult patients who had undergone elective open left colon and/or rectal surgical interventions under general anesthesia. The sample comprised 17 patients in the experimental group and control group.

Effects of lavender essential oil for colorectal cancer patients with permanent colostomy on elimination of odor, quality of life, and ostomy adjustment: A randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: To examine the effects of the addition of lavender essential oil to the colostomy bag of the patients with permanent colostomy on the elimination of odor, quality of life, and ostomy adjustment.

Methods: As a parallel group, single-blinded randomized controlled trial with repeated measures, this study was conducted between November 2016 and February 2018. Patients with a permanent colostomy that had opened at least three months before the study were stratified according to age and sex and were randomized according to days of week.