A Cross-Sectional Survey Reporting on the Value of Patient-Centered Ostomy Programs: A Smooth Transition After Ostomy Surgery.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to evaluate a postsurgical ostomy patient support program in regard to postsurgical experience, education, skin care, pouching system and accessory use, insurance issues, supplier assistance, hospital readmission status, and the benefit of multiple interactions.

Design: Cross-sectional design.

Subjects And Setting: Potential respondents were randomly selected from a group of adults 18 years or older who underwent ostomy surgery within 6 months prior to survey completion.

The Burden of Peristomal Skin Complications on an Ostomy Population as Assessed by Health Utility and the Physical Component Summary of the SF-36v2.

Background: Body-altering surgery may affect perceptions of one's self. For those with abdominal stoma surgeries, altered perceptions amplified by peristomal skin condition can increase health burdens.

Objectives: To assess health utility and health-related quality of life in an adult US ostomy sample in the presence of three levels of peristomal skin condition: intact, moderately compromised, and severely compromised.

Quality of Life in Persons Living With an Ostomy Assessed Using the SF36v2: Mental Component Summary: Vitality, Social Function, Role-Emotional, and Mental Health.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the Mental Health Component of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in community-dwelling persons with ostomies residing in the United States.

Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study.

Subjects And Setting: Two thousand three hundred twenty-nine participants completed the survey for a response rate of 14.

Quality of Life in US Residents With Ostomies Assessed via the SF36v2: Role-Physical, Bodily Pain, and General Health Domain.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the physical-role, bodily pain, and general health domains of health-related quality of life in the adult with ostomies living in the United States and to compare findings to population-based norms established using the Short Form 36 version 2 (SF36v2).

Subjects And Setting: Study participants were identified by randomly sampling from proprietary databases. Within the United States, 2,329 completed the survey for a response rate of 14.

Health-Related Quality of Life in Community-Dwelling Persons With Ostomies: The Physical Functioning Domain.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore health-related quality of life in persons living with ostomies and to compare these findings with a community-dwelling population residing in the United States. This detailed analysis reports the magnitude of physical limitations for each domain within the Physical Component Summary.

Design: Cross-sectional design.

Quality of life in US residents with ostomies as assessed using the SF36v2.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the quality of life of the adult US ostomy population (18 years of age or older).

Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study.

Subjects And Setting: Potential participants were randomly selected from an electronic database of 15,591 persons with ostomies.

A quality of life survey of individuals with urinary incontinence who visit a self-help website: implications for those seeking healthcare information.

Urinary Incontinence (UI) affects 200 million people worldwide with annual direct costs in the US alone estimated at $16.3 billion. Those with UI have reported a decrease in general quality of life with symptoms of depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, poor body image, and social stigmatization.

Novel instrumentation to determine peel force in vivo and preliminary studies with adhesive skin barriers.

Background/purpose: Adhesive barriers secure medical devices to skin. Laboratory adhesion models are not predictive of in vivo performance. The objectives of these studies were to validate a novel peel force device, and to investigate relationships between barrier formulations, barrier width, subjective discomfort during barrier removal, and substrates.

Social connectivity in those 24 months or less postsurgery.

Purpose: This purpose of this study is to characterize the prevalence of social isolation and determine the impact of influencing factors in a sample of adults with ostomies.

Subjects And Settings: Five hundred sixty adults with an ostomy, residing in North America and the United Kingdom, less than 24 months postsurgery, participated in the study.

Methods: Data were extracted from the Ostomy Comprehensive Health and Life Assessment (Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, Illinois) electronic database.

The impact of stabilizing forces on postsurgical recovery in ostomy patients.

Purpose: Patient recovery from life-altering surgery is a complex event requiring interactions among multiple factors that influence recovery. Two such factors are occupational stability and spouse/partner relationship stability.

Methods: We surveyed persons who have undergone ostomy surgery.