The Value of Applying a Continuous Nursing Model Based on Virtual Platforms for Patients with Colostomy or Ileostomy

Self-care and associated factors of patients with permanent colostomies: A structural equation model

Objective

To investigate the structural relationships between eHealth literacy, health-promoting behaviors, depression, disease stigma, self-efficacy and self-care in Chinese patients with permanent colostomies.

Methods

A cross-sectional multi-stage random sampling study was conducted between October 2022 and July 2023. The study involved 280 participants with permanent colostomies recruited from four general hospitals in Yancheng City, China. Data were collected using a questionnaire package to assess model variables, including health-promoting behaviors, eHealth literacy, depression, disease stigma, self-efficacy and self-care. Structural equation modeling was employed to analyze the data.

Results

The model explained 81.8% of the total variance. Health-promoting behaviors (β ​= ​0.41, P ​< ​0.001), eHealth literacy (β ​= ​0.16, P ​< ​0.001), and depression (β ​= ​-0.17, P ​< ​0.001) influenced self-care directly. On the other hand, health-promoting behaviors, depression and disease stigma influenced self-care indirectly through self-efficacy mediation. The total, direct, and indirect effects of health-promoting behaviors and depression on self-care were 0.53 and -0.26, 0.41 and -0.17, and 0.12 and 0.09, respectively, in patients with colostomies.

Conclusions

This study highlights the importance of improving health-promoting behaviors, eHealth literacy, and self-efficacy in patients with colostomies. The study also suggests that reducing depression and disease stigma could enhance patients' self-care. Health care professionals can leverage these findings to develop appropriate programs to improve patients' self-care.

Managements for perioperative anxiety in patients with gastrointestinal cancers

Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are the most common malignancies, while surgical intervention remains the sole therapeutic approach offering the possibility of a definite cure for cancer. Perioperative anxiety negatively impacts the recovery of GI cancers. Recently, mounting studies have demonstrated that proper nursing interventions may alleviative perioperative anxious illnesses in patients with GI cancers. We conducted a first comprehensive review to summarize all the current evidence on this topic. After a systematically search in the six common databases, eighteen relevant studies were included for further analysis. The present review highlighted that there is a high prevalence of perioperative anxiety in patients with GI cancers (e.g., colorectal cancer, gastric/stomach cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, gallbladder cancer, and esophageal cancer), while specific nursing interventions are the reliable methods to reduce postoperative anxiety. These nursing strategies include, but are not limited to, therapeutic listening intervention, implementing perioperative music, predictive nursing, progressive relaxation exercises, psychological interventions in the nursing care, comprehensive nursing, continuous nursing care, video-based nursing education, multidisciplinary cooperative continuous care, accelerated rehabilitation nursing, TCM nursing, evidence-based early warning nursing, target nursing care, and high-quality nursing. Since several limitations existed in the eligible studies as well as in this review, a well-designed multicenter RCT with large sample size is still warranted for the confirmation of nursing intervention for managing perioperative anxiety in patients with GI cancers. Also, future studies should focus on the long-term effects of relevant interventions, specific patient populations, multidisciplinary approaches, technological innovations, and educational programs.

Assessing the impact of educational eHealth and mHealth interventions on health outcomes in continuity of care for enterostomy patients: A meta-analysis

PURPOSE

To evaluate the effectiveness of educational eHealth and mHealth interventions on self-care ability, quality of life (QoL), ostomy complications and other health outcomes in enterostomy patients.

METHODS

A comprehensive database search yielded 7385 records, which were narrowed down to 13 RCTs through stringent PRISMA-guided selection. These studies, conducted globally from 2015 to 2023, involved a total of 1530 participants and employed various eHealth and mHealth platforms, from mobile apps to telehealth systems. Primary outcomes assessed were self-care ability, QoL, and ostomy complications, mostly analyzed using a random-effects model due to inherent study heterogeneity.

RESULTS

The meta-analysis showed significant improvements in self-care ability (SMD = 0.85, CI = [0.23, 1.47], P = 0.007) and QoL (SMD = 0.64, CI = [0.50, 0.79], P < 0.001) among participants receiving eHealth and mHealth interventions compared to those receiving standard care. eHealth and mHealth interventions also led to a reduction in ostomy complications (SMD = 0.18, CI = [0.12, 0.27], P < 0.001). Secondary outcomes revealed significant improvements in stoma adjustment (SMD = 1.13, CI = [0.70, 1.56], P < 0.001) and self-efficacy (SMD = 0.51, CI = [0.38, 0.64], P < 0.001). The effects on psychological well-being were mixed, with some studies showing benefits in reducing depression and anxiety symptoms, albeit with high heterogeneity.

CONCLUSIONS

eHealth and mHealth interventions appear effective in improving essential health outcomes for enterostomy patients, though the heterogeneity among studies suggests that results should be interpreted with caution. The effectiveness of these interventions underscores the need for their integration into routine care, tailored to individual patient needs and local healthcare settings. Further research is required to determine the most effective eHealth and mHealth modalities and to explore their long-term benefits and scalability.

Discharge teaching quality positively predicts quality of life in colorectal cancer patients with temporary enterostomy: The mediating role of readiness for hospital discharge and stoma self-efficacy

OBJECTIVES

This study aimed to examine the mediating role of readiness for hospital discharge (RHD) and stoma self-efficacy (SSE) in the relationship between quality of discharge teaching (QDT) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in colorectal cancer patients with temporary enterostomy, and the gender difference of mediating effect.

BACKGROUND

It is not clear how RHD, QDT, SSE and HRQOL interact in colorectal cancer patients with temporary enterostomy.

METHODS

This was a prospective follow-up survey. 221 colorectal cancer patients with temporary enterostomy were conveniently recruited from a general hospital in Southeast China. The Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale, Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale, Stoma Self-Efficacy Scale, and Stoma Quality of Life Scale were used to collect data. Pearson's correlation and structural equation models were used to analyze the data. SPSS 26.0 and Amos 28.0 software were used for analysis the collected data.

RESULTS

Regarding the relationship of QDT and HRQOL, only QDT-T had a direct effect among colorectal cancer patients with stomas (b = 0.233, P<0.001, percentile 95% CI = [0.145, 0.314]). However, both QDT-T and QDT-R can predict HRQOL indirectly through three paths: (1) the mediating role of SSE (b = 0.050, P = 0.009, percentile 95% CI = [0.013, 0.098]; b = 0.077, P = 0.008, percentile 95% CI = [0.021, 0.164]), (2) the mediating role of RHD (b = 0.044, P = 0.004, percentile 95% CI = [0.014, 0.085]; b = 0.044, P = 0.005, percentile 95% CI = [0.010, 0.102]), and (3) the chain mediating role of SSE and RHD (b = 0.030, P = 0.003, percentile 95% CI = [0.011, 0.059]; b = 0.047, P = 0.003, percentile 95% CI = [0.015, 0.103]). The similar chain mediating effect in male stoma patients was also found (b = 0.041, P = 0.002, percentile 95% CI = [0.016, 0.080]; b = 0.046, P = 0.004, percentile 95% CI = [0.011, 0.114]).

CONCLUSIONS

Stoma self-efficacy and readiness for hospital discharge played important intermediary roles in the relationship between quality of discharge teaching and health-related quality of life in colorectal cancer patients with stomas. Health care providers can design SSE-enhancing and RHD-enhancing discharge planning for colorectal cancer patients with temporary enterostomies.

Comparison of adjustment to a temporary or permanent ostomy using the OAI-23

AIM

The aim of this work was to compare adjustment between those with a new temporary or permanent ostomy in a cohort of Australian adults.

METHOD

This is a multicentre, longitudinal observational study. Ostomy adjustment was measured using the Ostomy Adjustment Inventory (OAI-23) at six possible time points ending at 9 months postsurgery or at the time of ostomy closure in those with a temporary stoma. The OAI-23 includes four domains: anger, acceptance, anxious preoccupation and social engagement.

RESULTS

Eligibility criteria were met by 1230 patients, with 849 (69%) recruited and consented. Of these, 108 were excluded as their surgery did not result in the formation of an ostomy and a further 41 were excluded due to there being no data on ostomy type (temporary or permanent). This left a study population of 700, of whom 397 had a temporary and 303 a permanent ostomy. Only small differences were observed between the temporary and permanent ostomy groups at most time points within the four OAI-23 domains. There were no statistically significant differences found beyond 2 weeks postdischarge and the differences were of small size. While no difference was found between the groups in the domain of anxious preoccupation, both groups demonstrated an increase in anxious preoccupation over time. Neither group regained their presurgery confidence to attend social engagements.

CONCLUSION

We found only minor differences in adjustment in those with a new temporary ostomy compared with a new permanent ostomy. Both groups demonstrated increasing anxious preoccupation and problems with social engagement. This suggests that access to education, training and support should be equitable between these two groups in clinical practice, and needs to incorporate a focus on psychological as well as physical outcomes.