The Effectiveness of Applying Multimedia on Self-Care and Quality of Life in Patient With Enterostomy

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital108 enrolled

Overview

This report was an effective evaluation of using multimedia educational program for self-care and quality of life in patients with a stoma at postoperative and established a simple threshold for enterostomy self-care skills.

In a systematic review, evaluated the effectiveness of multimedia education program (MLEP) and confirmed that MLEP reduced cost significantly and improved patient participation in enterostomy care and self-care ability. However, research was insufficient for whether a multimedia education program (MLEP) interventions can improve patient self-care and quality of life.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

108

Conditions

Multimedia Learning Education Self-care Quality of Life Enterostomy

Interventions

multimedia educationOTHER

The MLEP intervention was based on a literature review of prior research on the content and format of self care related multimedia education programmes

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 90 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≧ 20 * Operation with ostomy Exclusion Criteria: * Dementia, mental illness, and central nervous system diseases * Unable self-care * Visual or hearing impairs

Locations (1)

Hsing Fang Ko

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

self-care ability

Assessment scale of self-care ability of enterostomy care was a quantitative scale for nursing staff to evaluate self-care skills in patients with enterostomy. It consisted of 7 items related to: Prepare items, removing the pouching system, measuring the enterostomy diameter, adjusting the size of the enterostomy diameter in a new stoma appliance, skin care, fitting a new enterostomy appliance, and emptying procedure. Each skill was rated on a 4-point scale: Likert scale (1: not at all, 2: some, 3: quite a lot, 4: very much). Higher scores indicated that patient had a higher level of self-care skills for changing enterostomy pouching system

Time frame: One and a half years

Secondary Outcomes

Promote quality of life

The Enterostomy quality of life was comprised of 30 questionnaires, it covered seven domains: relations with family and friends, Sleep, activity, sexual activity, social relationship, physiology and psychology. The responses rated on a4-point scale Likert scale (1: extremely, 2: quite a lot, 3: somewhat, 4: not at all). The possible scores range was from 37 to 148. Higher scores indicated that patient had a higher level of quality of life

Time frame: One and a half years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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