Different Levels of Patient Education for Care of Ostomy Site
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 90 |
| Updated: | 2/23/2019 |
| Start Date: | May 2012 |
| End Date: | May 2024 |
| Contact: | Bruce W Robb, MD |
| Email: | brobb@iupui.edu |
| Phone: | 317-278-6277 |
A Prospective, Single-Center Study to Assess the Impact of Pre- and Post-Surgical Ostomy Care Education on Patient Outcomes and Quality of Life
This is a randomized study of standard versus extra ostomy education.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of pre-operative and
post-operative ostomy education compared to standard of care ostomy education.
post-operative ostomy education compared to standard of care ostomy education.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age equal to or greater than 18 years of age at the time of consent.
- Scheduled to undergo surgery at IU Health North Hospital that will results in a
temporary or permanent colostomy or ileostomy for a benign or malignant disease
process.
- Are willing and able to provide written informed consent for participation in the
study and authorization for release of health information.
- Are willing and able to attend up to two additional clinic visits at IU Health North
Hospital for the purpose of ostomy teaching and care.
- Subjects who currently do NOT have a urostomy or any other type of urinary diversion
and/or are NOT planning to have a urostomy or any other type of urinary diversion as
part of the surgery procedures at the time of their surgery for placement of colostomy
or ileostomy.
- Subjects who do NOT have any history of prior colostomy or ileostomy.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects not meeting any of the above eligibility criteria.
We found this trial at
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site
Carmel, Indiana 46032
Principal Investigator: Bruce W Robb, MD
Phone: 317-688-3690
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