Lazenby BS, Guidry A, Donovan EE, Dailey R, Ivatury SJ. 'That gave me a lot of comfort, that he would ask my opinion about how we wanted to talk about this': A qualitative analysis of clinical communication experiences of ostomy patients.
BMJ Open 2024;
14:e079362. [PMID:
38326256 PMCID:
PMC10859983 DOI:
10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079362]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to investigate the communication challenges and successes that people with ostomies experienced during their healthcare encounters.
DESIGN
We conducted semistructured interviews of people with ostomies. Interviews focused on important social situations and health communication strategies for managing these situations. We transcribed interviews and coded them to create themes.
PARTICIPANTS
Participants were eligible to participate if they were above the age of 18 and have had an ostomy for at least a year. 27 people participated in the study.
SETTING
The study was conducted in a university setting.
RESULTS
Interviews with ostomates surfaced several themes related to ostomate needs. Participants benefited from communication that was open, thorough and had a positive outlook on ostomies. Participants found patient-clinician communication to be challenging when there was a lack of knowledge surrounding ostomy care, communication was unclear or inadequate, and when clinicians had a negative outlook on ostomies.
CONCLUSIONS
Findings from this project are intended to amplify existing patient and clinician education materials and to inform the creation of a communication guide specifically for the ostomy context.
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