ZENITH International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
Year : 2019, Volume : 9, Issue : 1
First page : ( 240) Last page : ( 244)
Online ISSN : 2231-5780.

A study to assess the effect of interventional package on quality of life among patients with colostomy at GEM Hospital, Coimbatore

Mrs. Thangam Fuela Esther

M. Sc (N)., PGDip BS. Principal, Maitri College of Nursing, Durg, Chhattisgarh

Online published on 23 January, 2019.

Abstract

The study assess the effect of interventional package on quality of life among patients with colostomy at GEM hospital, Coimbatore, through Quasi experimental posttest only control group design. Using Convenient sampling technique 30 patients underwent with permanent colostomy were taken as a sample. 15 samples were considered for experimental group and 15 were in control group. Nursing intervention along with colostomy care package was given from the immediate post-operative period to till the day of discharge for experimental group. For control group the routine hospital intervention was given. On the day of discharge Stoma QOL questionnaire was used to assess the QOL of patients with colostomy of both groups followed by an issue of pamphlet of colostomy care package for their use at home setup. The study showed a significant improvement in mean quality of life in experimental group 110.8 as compared with control group 56 and the ‘t’ value of 7.3 which was significant at 0.01 level. Hence it is concluded that specific interventional package along with routine nursing intervention will improve the quality of life there by it will increase the survival rate of patients with colostomy.

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Keywords

Colostomy care, Interventional package, Quality of life.

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