Use of an Application to Increase Self-Care Ability, Improve Quality of Life, and Decrease Stoma Complications in Patients With Ileocystoplasty or Ureterostomy Due to Bladder Cancer.

Background: Quality of life for patients after ileocystoplasty or ureterostomy due to a urinary bladder neoplasm can be limited after discharge from the hospital.

Purpose: To add the real-time communication ability of an application (app) to the daily care of this patient population to enhance communication between doctors and patients and provide improved nursing interventions, thus improving patients' self-care abilities and quality of life while decreasing stoma complications.

Methods: A total of 67 patients who underwent urinary tract diversion after total cystectomy were randomly divided into 2 groups.