Efficacy of preoperative uro-stoma education on self-efficacy after Radical Cystectomy; secondary outcome of a prospective randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: Radical Cystectomy with a creation of an uro-stoma is first line treatment in advanced bladder-cancer. Enhancing or maintaining an individual's condition, skills and physical wellbeing before surgery has been defined as prehabilitation. Whether preoperative stoma-education is an effective element in prehabilitation is yet to be documented.

Testing inter-rater reliability of the Urostomy Education Scale.

Purpose: Previous research has validated the Urostomy Education Scale as a standardised evidence based tool to document patients' level of stoma self-care skills. The aim of this study was to test the scale's inter-rater reliability among urology nurses in a continuous validation of the Urostomy Education Scale.

Methods: During the study period from June 2011 to September 2012, 38 ward nurses performing standard stoma care attended 150 validation sessions evaluating 70 patients' level of stoma self-care skills using the Urostomy Education Scale.

Validation of the urostomy education scale: the European experience.

Bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer among European males. Once diagnosed with muscle invasive bladder cancer, a radical cystectomy is the first line treatment, which results in a urostomy. The placement of a urostomy and the care required impacts the patient's life.

The Urostomy Education Scale: a reliable and valid tool to evaluate urostomy self-care skills among cystectomy patients.

Aim: : The purpose of this study was to validate a quantitative scale for nurses to evaluate self-care skills among patients undergoing cystectomy with creation of a urostomy.

Subjects And Settings: Twelve patients undergoing cystectomy with formation of a urostomy participated in the research. The study took place at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark-a bladder cancer center performing approximately 100 cystectomies annually.