Care and health of ostomy patients

• Autor(a) principal: de Oliveira, Isabella Valadares
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Silva, Mariana Cabral, Silva, Eduardo Lenza, Freitas, Victor Fernandes, Rodrigues, Fernando Rezek, Caldeira, Luciana Morelli
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/7223
• topic: Ostomy; Colostomy; Health Profile; Therapeutic Uses; Postoperative Complications.; Estomía; Colostomía; Perfil de Salud; Usos Terapéuticos; Complicaciones Posoperatorias.; Estomia; Colostomia; Perfil de Saúde; Usos Terapêuticos; Complicações Pós-Operatórias.

Objective: To describe the epidemiological aspects, complications and hospitalizations related to ostomies. Methods: Quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study of the variables sex, age, age group, race/skin color, ostomy duration, ostomy type, etiology, complications and hospitalizations associated with colostomy in 123 patients seen at the nursing outpatient center for ostomy patients of a teaching hospital in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. After arranging the data in tables, the Epi Info 7 was used to describe the results, the prevalence analysis and the association of variables. Results: 51.2% (n=63) of the patients were men and there was a predominance of terminal colostomies (n=68; 57.6%), while 24.5% (n=29) were loop colostomies and 17% (n=20) were double-barrel colostomy. Regarding the etiology of the ostomy, 40.5% (n=49) were due to neoplasms, 17.3% (n=21) were due to inflammatory bowel disease and 9% (n=11) were due to trauma. The development of complications was present in 38 patients (30.89%), with peristomal dermatitis being the main complication, and 9 (7%) patients required hospitalization associated with ostomy. Conclusion: There was a predominance of men, mean age 61.5 years, pardos, terminal colostomy and neoplastic etiology, with most patients having a colostomy for about 5 years.