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Quality of life in stoma patients

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum · 1999 · Vol. 42(12) · pp. 1569–1574

Karen Nugent✉Phyll Daniels(Southampton General Hospital)Beverley Stewart(Southampton General Hospital)Roy Patankar(Southampton General Hospital)Colin Johnson(Southampton General Hospital)

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Abstract

Many patients cope extremely well with a stoma; however, some patients experience considerable difficulty and distress. Improved preoperative assessment and counseling with longer follow-up by the stoma department would be helpful in the management of these patients and probably would contribute to improvement in the quality of their lives.

Stoma care and complications Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Anorectal Disease Treatments and OutcomesMedicineIleostomyQuality of life (healthcare)Stoma (medicine)DistressGeneral surgeryColostomySurgeryNursing

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Adaptation, PsychologicalAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnastomosis, SurgicalAttitude to HealthColostomyCounselingExanthemaFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIleostomyLife StyleMale

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