A qualitative study on living quality of patients with rectal carcinoma and permanent colostomy
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2015.23.012
- VernacularTitle:直肠癌根治术后永久性结肠造口患者生活质量的质性研究
- Author:
Yanhua? XU
1
,
2
;
Suzhen WANG
;
A′zhen YUAN
;
Guoqin ZHANG
Author Information
1. 225300 南通大学附属泰州市人民医院普外科
2. 225300 南通大学附属泰州市人民医院护理部
- Keywords:
Colorectal cancer;
Colostomy;
Quality of life;
Qualitative research
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2015;(23):2764-2766,2767
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To understand the patients′subjective evaluation of the quality of life, who are suffering from carcinoma and have been operated with permanent colostomy, and analyze relative influencing factors to provide an evidence for improving their quality of life. Methods According to phenomenological research method of qualitative research to choose purposive sampling, twelve patients had been underwent semi-structured interviews. We used Colaizzi′s seven-step analysis methods to analyze the data, inductive and refine the theme. Results There were 7 points which might affect the quality of patients′ life including negative emotion, effects of daily life, persecution of complications, sexual dysfunction, degradation of social roles, lack of relevant knowledge of disease and economic pressures. Conclusions We should pay much more attention on patients′ emotion reaction, provide psychological support and more stoma-related information, and take full advantage of enterostomal therapist and call on improving the medical security system by government in order to enhance patients′quality of life.
