Association of sociodemographic and clinical factors with spirituality and hope for cure of ostomized people

Abstract Objective To evaluate the sociodemographic and clinical factors related to patients with intestinal stoma and correlate them to the health locus of control, spirituality and hope for a cure. Method This study was conducted at the Polo of Ostomized Patients of the city of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais. Participants were 52 patients with intestinal stoma. The scale for Health Locus of Control, the Herth Hope Scale, and the Self-rating Scale for Spirituality were used for data collection. Results The patients were aged up to 50 years, with the following means: Herth Hope Scale: 17.53; Self-rating Scale for Spirituality: 19.33. With regard to marital status, single people had a mean of 21.00 for the Herth Hope Scale. Retired ostomized patients had a mean of 20.53 for the Herth Hope Scale, of 10.38 for the Self-rating Scale for Spirituality, and of Scale for Health Locus of Control, of 18.79. The patients whose cause of making the stoma was neoplasia attained a mean of 19.43 for the Self-rating Scale for Spirituality. Regarding the character of the stoma, the mean for the Herth Hope Scale was 18.40. In the ostomized individuals who lived with the stoma for less than four years the means for the Herth Hope Scale, Self-rating Scale for Spirituality, and Scale for Health Locus of Control were 17.39, 20.35, and 23.09, respectively. Patients who did not participate of an association or support had means for the Herth Hope Scale, Self-rating Scale for Spirituality, and Scale for Health Locus of Control of 19.08, 17.25, and 20.63 respectively. Conclusion Ostomized patients believe they can control their health and that those involved in their care and rehabilitation can contribute to their improvement.

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Main Authors: Moreira,Carmelita Naiara de Oliveira, Marques,Camila Barbosa, Silva,Marcial Alexandre Pereira da, Pinheiro,Fernanda Augusta Marques, Salomé,Geraldo Magela
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Coloproctologia 2016
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-93632016000300162
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