Ostomy patients: a preliminary atudy

Authors

  • Mercedes Trentini
  • Maria Albertina B. Pacheco
  • Margareth L. Martins
  • Denise M. G. Vieira da Silva
  • Selma R. de Farias
  • Rosane Duarte
  • José Cristóvam Martins
  • Claudete Espíndola Tomaz

Keywords:

Pacientes ostomizados, Preocupações, Percepções, Problemas

Abstract

This study reveals some aspects of ostomy patients life experience. The data were obtained by using the participant observation technique during the monthly meeting session of the Ostomy Patients Association from July 1989 to August 1991. The findings showed that the ostomized patients were concerned with: 1) the ostomy pouch (how to get it); 2) other persons opinion about ostomized patients; 3) their sexuality, and stoma care. The patients perceived themselves as physically disable and inferior persons. Some of them perceived themselves as having a normal life. Other patients also had to cope with the stigma of cancer.

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Published

2008-05-12

How to Cite

1.
Trentini M, B. Pacheco MA, L. Martins M, M. G. Vieira da Silva D, R. de Farias S, Duarte R, Martins JC, Espíndola Tomaz C. Ostomy patients: a preliminary atudy. Rev Gaúcha Enferm [Internet]. 2008 May 12 [cited 2025 Apr. 26];13(2):22. Available from: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/rgenf/article/view/3998

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (1992)

Section

Pesquisas

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