The Quality of Life for Patient with Permanent Colostomy Among Critically Ill Patients | ||||
| Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice | ||||
| Article 16, Volume 4, Issue 9, March 2025, Page 190-204 PDF (1.11 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Scientific Research Periodical | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/hijnrp.2025.358498.1280 | ||||
 View on SCiNiTO | ||||
| Author | ||||
Bolus Kamal Mlek 
| ||||
| medical surgical (critical care nursing) faculty of nursing helwan university .Helwan.egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Abstract Background Quality of life is a series of subjective components reflecting aspects of patients’ physical, emotional, occupational and social experiences. Aim: This study aims to assess quality of life for patient with permanent colostomy. Research Design: A descriptive exploraty design was utilized in this study. Setting: This study was conducted in the Intensive Care (medical and surgical) Unit at El-Zayton hospital, Cairo governorate. Subjects: A purposive sample of 120 adult male and female patients with permanent colostomy who admitted to intensive care unit at EL-zayton specialized hospital. Tools: Two tools was utilized in this study: Tool 1-Astructure interviewing questionnaire: divided into three parts: the first part: represent the demographic data, the second part: Patient medical history, the third part: knowledge assessment. Tool 2- Permanent colostomy quality of life (PCQOL)-45 instrument. Results: This study shows that more than half of the studied patients had unsatisfactory level of knowledge, while less than half of the studied patients had poor quality of life, and there was anon-significant correlation between total level of quality of life and total level of knowledge among the studied patients. Conclusion: Based on the study results, the present study revealed that near to two third of the studied patients had unsatisfactory level of knowledge with permanent colostomy. Also, less than half of the studied patients had poor quality of life with permanent colostomy, Recommendation: Provide patients with permanent colostomies comprehensive education about colostomy care. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Permanent colostomy; quality of life; Critical | ||||
|
Statistics Article View: 127 PDF Download: 98 |
||||
