Health Related Quality of Life in Patients with a stoma as a result of treatment on selected neoplastic diseases – a literature review

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Agata Gastecka, Magdalena Tarkowska, Kamil Szeliski, Iwona Głowacka-Mrotek, Monika Buhl, Tomasz Nowikiewicz, Wojciech Zegarski, Tomasz Drewa

2 (59) 2019 s. 196–202
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20883/ppnoz.2019.32

Fraza do cytowania: Gastecka A., Tarkowska M., Szeliski K., Głowacka-Mrotek I., Buhl M., Nowikiewicz T., Zegarski W., Drewa T. Health Related Quality of Life in Patients with a stoma as a result of treatment on selected neoplastic diseases – a literature review. Polski Przegląd Nauk o Zdrowiu. 2019;2(59):196–202. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20883/ppnoz.2019.32

Health Related Quality Of Life (HRQOL) is a term referring to a subjective, individual evaluation of a patient’s life quality in terms of health and sickness, as well as during treatment. This issue has recently become a subject of research for many authors. Surgical treatment of some cancers, especially those located in the gastrointestinal or urinary systems, often results in a necessity for a stoma surgery. Such alterations in the process of passing stool lead to significant changes in patient’s biopsychosocial functioning and may also affect his/her family. Holistic approach to the process of treatment requires taking actions intending to ameliorate the patient’s general well-being, e.g. providing the patient with coordinated care on every stage of treatment. The aim of our work was a multifaceted analysis of difficulties associated with stoma surgery and the influence they may have on the HRQOL evaluation. The research method we used in our study was the review of relevant literature concerning the quality of life conditioned by health in patients suffering from colorectal cancer and bladder cancer.

Key words: quality of life, stoma, cancer.



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