Associations among socio-demographic and clinical factors and the quality of life of ostomized patients Asociación de los factores sociodemográficos y clínicos a la calidad de vida de los ostomizados Associação dos fatores sociodemográficos e clínicos à qualidade de vida dos estomizados

This study identifies the socio-demographic and clinical factors of patients with irreversible colostomy secondary to colorectal cancer and correlates them with quality of life (QOL). It is a cross-sectional study. Socio-demographic and clinical data were collected through interviews and the WHOQOL-...

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Main Authors: Adriana Pelegrini dos Santos Pereira, Claudia Bernardi Cesarino, Marielza Regina Ismael Martins, Maria Helena Pinto, João Gomes Netinho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2012-02-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692012000100013