title: Patients' quality of life and role of the ambulatory in after-surgery stoma care. A single center experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim is to assess on which aspects of everyday-life the post surgery stoma-care ambulatory should physically and psychologically assist the patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy patients (33 male, 37 female, mean age 68 years) accepted to fill-in the Stoma-QoL questionnaire from January to December 2011. The questionnaire consists of 20 questions addressing different possible discomforts of everyday life.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our results demonstrate that patients with temporary ileostomy have a mean score of quality of life index of 63. Patients with ileostomy demonstrated a higher quality of life score compared to patients with colostomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results confirmed that patients with ileostomy have a better perception of quality of life compared to patients with colostomy. Moreover, our data clearly show that patients are more concerned on stoma management compared to the hypothetical prejudice of society.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The stoma care ambulatory have a crucial role, offering to the patient and his/her family an adequate psychological support, and teaching the management of the stoma and the pouch.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Magistri
authors.forename: Maria Rosa
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Scordamaglia
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Giulitti
authors.forename: Vassilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Papaspyropoulos
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eleuteri
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coppola
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000523:psychology; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology; D003125:Colostomy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012944:Social Support; D054047:Surgical Stomas / Q000009:adverse effects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires