The relationship between adaptability and life satisfaction among ostomy patients

Fazel   Dehvan; Monir  Nobahar; Raheb   Ghorbani; Reza Ghanei  Gheshlagh; Masoomeh  Najafi; Maryam Jan  Amiri

doi:10.18502/npt.v6i3.1258

Fazel Dehvan
Monir Nobahar
Raheb Ghorbani
Reza Ghanei Gheshlagh
Masoomeh Najafi
Maryam Jan Amiri

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/npt.v6i3.1258

Keywords: ostomy; adaptability; adjustment; life satisfaction

Abstract

Background & Aim: Ostomy surgery is used to provide a means of collecting waste through a channel. However, ostomy can produce functional problems and major changes in adaptability and life satisfaction among the patients. This study attempts to investigate the relationship between adaptability and life satisfaction among ostomy patients.

Methods & Materials: This study is descriptive-correlational. 100 ostomy patients referring to Iran Ostomy Association were selected and studied using continuous sampling method and questionnaires of demographic information, Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and Bell Adjustment Inventory (BAI).

Results: The mean ± standard deviation of life satisfaction scores and adaptability scores were 16.8±4.4 (of 35) and 53.1±23.7, respectively. A positive and significant correlations were observed between life satisfaction and adjustment (r=0.597, p<0.001), and also adjustment dimensions, including home (r=0.585, p<0.001), health (r=0.611, p<0.001), social (r= 0.460, p<0.001), emotional (r=0.538, p<0.001) and occupational adjustment (r=0.380, p<0.001).

Conclusion: According to the results, there was a positive and significant relationship between life satisfaction and adaptability. Thus, therapeutic department members have to help improve life satisfaction among ostomy patients by facilitating adaptability.