Focus Group Interviews of Patients With Permanent or Temporary Enterostomas

Patient Perspectives on Living With an Enterostoma and Rehabilitation

The study seeks to gain knowledge about new and of alternative ways of organizing ostomy training based on informants' own experiences of life with a stoma.

The study is designed and conducted as qualitative focus group interviews with three different groups of patients with enterostomas (5-8 in each group): a) people with permanent enterostoma due to cancer, 2) people with permanent enterostoma due to non-cancer and 3) people with a temporary ileostomy.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Patient Perspective; Living With an Enterostoma; Mastery; Empowerment

Detailed Description

The study is investigating the perspective of the patients who have actually experienced having surgery and living with an enterostoma.

By applying this method it is possible to gain access and in depth knowledge of complex issues including sensitive data. The dialogue with peers can lead to experiments and associations which might stimulate the informants to produce new insights within the individual and in the group.

The interviews will be transcribed in full and analyzed with qualitative content analysis with a phenomenological and hermeneutical approach

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 22

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Department of surgery

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with permanent enterostoma due to cancer.
• Patients with permanent enterostoma due to other causes.
• Patients with temporary ileostomy.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with severe mental disorders.
• Patients who do not communicate in Danish.
• Patients with severe hearing impairment.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Educational elements and themes that will optimize rehabilitation and patient education	Illumination and discussion of informants´ perspective on rehabilitation and patient education will	up until 10 months from interview

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Identification of strategies for improving quality of life	Illumination and discussion of informants perspective on the influence of an enterostoma on their lives	up until 10 months from interview

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Herlev Hospital
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Anne K. Danielsen, Nurse, MaClN, Herlev University Hospital, department of surgery

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: February 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 1, 2010
• Study Completion (Actual): April 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 30, 2010
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 2, 2010
• First Posted (Estimate): July 5, 2010

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): December 12, 2012
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 11, 2012
• Last Verified: December 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: rehabilitation; quality of life; patient education; focus group interview
• Other Study ID Numbers: AKD02