Attitudes and Technical Maneuvers Regarding Enterostomy Management and Stoma Creation Among Surgeons

Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Colorectal Surgery; Colorectal Neoplasms

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06735729

COCG-00

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was aiming to investigate Chinese surgeons' attitudes toward and technical preferences for stoma creation.

Full description

The survey comprised five parts: personnel qualification and training, attitude toward stoma-related complications, preoperative siting, process of acquiring ostomy-related surgical skills, and awareness and adoption of relevant techniques (37 items in total). The questionnaire was distributed to Chinese hospitals by Sojump, a professional online platform. Finally, about 401 surgeons had responded including 188 hospitals of different grades across 26 provinces or municipalities directly under the Central Government.

Enrollment: 401 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: General or gastrointestinal surgeons involved in general surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, surgical oncology, emergency, and others involved in managing enterostomies who had completed their degree and were licensed, or at least resident surgeons were included.

Exclusion Criteria: Surgeons who did not provide consent to participate in this study were excluded.

Trial design

401 participants in 1 patient group

surgeons involved in stoma

Description:

All the surgeons were coming from either general surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, surgical oncology, emergency, and other departments involved stoma creation. their concepts and attitudes regarding to enterostomy management were investigated by a electronic questionnaire which comprised of five parts: personnel qualification and training, attitude toward stoma-related complications, preoperative siting, process of acquiring ostomy-related surgical skills, and awareness and adoption of relevant techniques (37 items in total).