The Effect of a Postoperative Education Programme Based on Swanson's Theory of Caring on the Self-management Behavioural Competence of Elderly Enterostomal Patients

Wuxi No. 2 People's Hospital

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Enterostomy; Education; Self-management; Elderly

Treatments: Behavioral: self-management education program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06392646

Wuxi2PH

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this intervention study was to understand the impact of a self-management education program on self-management skills, quality of life, and caregiver burden in older patients with enterostomies. It aims to answer the main question of whether a self-management education program can improve self-management skills, quality of life, and reduce family caregiver burden in elderly patients with enterostomies.

Enrollment: 34 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age ≥60 years
• first enterostomy surgery
• informed consent to voluntarily participate in this study.

Exclusion criteria

• verbal communication disorder; cognitive dysfunction or history of mental illness;
• visual and manual mobility impairment unable to perform stoma care operations.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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34 participants in 2 patient groups

routine care

No Intervention group

Description:

Taking routine care measures

self-management education program

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention in accordance with the constructed self-management education program

Treatment:

Behavioral: self-management education program