The Perception of the Estomy-Individual Regarding of Its Situation

Health Behavior Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Perception of the Estomy-Individual Regarding of Its Situation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00673413
• Other study ID #: X12605
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 5, 2008
• Last updated: May 5, 2008
• Start date: September 2006
• Est. completion date: September 2006

Study information

• Verified date: May 2008
• Source: Universidade da Regiao da Campanha
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The present work had as purpose to analyze estomy-individuals according to the feelings of their current situation.

Description:

The present work had as purpose to analyze estomy-individuals according to the feelings of their current situation. It is about a descriptive research of qualitative approach that took place in September, 2006. The population under study was composed by five estomy patients participants in a Grupo de Atenção dos Estomizados, which has multi-disciplinary character, at the Universidade da Região da Campanha (URCAMP) in the city of Bagé in South Brazil. The collection of data was given through not structuralized interviews and with the estomy-individuals, after the same ones read and signed the term of informed free ssent. The data form analyzed through the method of analysis of categories. Each one received a denomination with capital letters from the alphabet (A, B, D, and E) for their identification. The most significant categories in the answers from the ones being tested were manifestations and feelings of daptation, resignation and affective bond.The manifestation of anger and suffering shown by subjects D and E were only mentioned in this study, not being considered categories. The feeling shown by subjects A, B and C show an acceptance of their reality as rehabilitated from a surgical procedure, in the attempt of decreasing the psycho suffering caused by the mutilation and adaptation to the new status quo, fact which was observed for not appearing in the answers feeling such as revolt and guilty, which are mentioned in the review of literature as characteristics of subjects who suffered a surgical intervention. It is noticed that family support is a determinant fact to accept the new reality. The study contributed to know the subjectivity of the estomated, opening possibilities to improve the attention to health by the multi-professional staff.

Descriptors: Perception; emotions; Adaptation; estomia

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: September 2006
• Est. primary completion date: September 2006
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Estomizados registered in the Single Health System users group's support of the University.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Estomizados unable to come to the group of support for health reasons.

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Health Behavior
• Health Promotion
• Pharmaceutical Services
• Psychology, Clinical

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Universidade da Região da Campanha	Bagé	Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil	Universidade da Região da Campanha	Bagé	RS

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade da Regiao da Campanha	Secretary of Health and Environment Bagé

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil,