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The Effect of Patient Education and Rehabilitation on Quality of Life in Patients With Permanent Stomas

NCT01154725 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2012-12-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the experiment is to study the effect it has on patients' quality of life if they go through a structured process marked by intensified and specialized effort by ostomy nurse. This includes close monitoring during hospitalization, telephone contact and guidance following discharge and participation in a group based patient school up to 4 months after discharge .

At the same time the study also examines what the economic effect of following the intervention will have.

Conditions

  • Colostomy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Patient education and rehabilitation

Patients in the experimental group will receive specialized and optimized care by stoma care nurses. This includes one-on-one guiding during the hospitalization, guidance by telephone after discharge and participation in patient education 3 times after discharge.

BEHAVIORAL

habitual patient education

habitual patient education

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Herlev Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anne K Danielsen, Nurse, MaClN · Herlev University Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-08-31
Primary Completion
2011-11-30
Completion
2012-03-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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