Cross-sectional comparative study of general and stoma-specific quality of life in patients with stoma in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, and Stockholm, Sweden.
Objective: To evaluate the quality of life for patients with ostomy in Ethiopia and Sweden using a general and a specific assessment tool. Design: Comparative descriptive cross-sectional study. Setting: Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH), Addis Abeba and South General Hospital, Stockholm. Participants/Exposure: Patients with a permanent ostomy visiting the stoma center in Addis Abeba, patients waiting for ostomy reversal at TASH, and patients visiting the stoma clinic at South General Hospital. Main outcomes and measure: Quality of life and stoma specific quality of life: EQ5D-5L and Stoma QoL.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
66
EQ5D-5L and Stoma QoL
Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
General quality of life
Overall health through visual analogue scale (VAS) from zero (the worst imaginable health) to 100 (the best imaginable health) from the European Quality of Life 5 Dimensions 5 Level Version (EQ5D-5L).
Time frame: October 2022 to Jan 2023
Stoma-specific quality of life
The Stoma Quality of life questionnaire consists of 20 questions about stoma-specific aspects of quality of life where each variable is valued equally. Answers are graded in a four-point scale; 1: always, 2: sometimes, 3: rarely, and 4: not at all, with a maximum score of 80. The higher score the better QoL. To get a comparable overall result, the total score (range 20-80) can be converted to a zero to 100 score.
Time frame: October 2022 to Jan 2023
Stoma complications
Nipple necrosis, prolapse, parastomal hernia, leakage, itching, bleeding, pain
Time frame: October 2022 to Jan 2023
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