title: [Assessment of the quality of life in patients with intestinal stomas].
abstract: The investigation was concerned with the assessment of the quality of life for patients with temporary intestinal colostomy. It involved 40 patients with stomal complications and 59 without them. The former group revealed significant deterioration of the quality of life across the scale. A second series of tests corroborated the previous results across the scale, thus, the latter being validated. In particular, it pointed to a correlation between mental health and social function of scale SF 36.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Pomazkin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003125:Colostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires