Patients’ experiences of living with a stoma in rural areas in Northern Sweden
ABSTRACTIntroduction: Stoma complications are common and interfere with many aspects of everyday life. Stoma problems are usually managed by a specialised stoma nurse, a service not present in the rural areas of South Lapland in Sweden. The aim of this study was to describe how stoma patients in rur...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b006713b934342c9a7bba0781849ee5b 2024-01-21T10:03:57+01:00 Patients’ experiences of living with a stoma in rural areas in Northern Sweden Simon Näverlo Karin Strigård Ulf Gunnarsson Anette Edin-Liljegren 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2221767 https://doaj.org/article/b006713b934342c9a7bba0781849ee5b EN eng Taylor & Francis Group https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2023.2221767 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 doi:10.1080/22423982.2023.2221767 2242-3982 https://doaj.org/article/b006713b934342c9a7bba0781849ee5b International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 82, Iss 1 (2023) Chronic illness Quality of life Rural nursing Stoma care Rural health service Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2221767 2023-12-24T01:42:47Z ABSTRACTIntroduction: Stoma complications are common and interfere with many aspects of everyday life. Stoma problems are usually managed by a specialised stoma nurse, a service not present in the rural areas of South Lapland in Sweden. The aim of this study was to describe how stoma patients in rural areas experience living with a stoma.Methods: A qualitative descriptive study with semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 stoma patients living in rural municipalities and who received a part of their care at the local cottage hospital. Qualitative content analysis was employed.Results: Initially, the stoma was experienced as very depressing. Participants had difficulties in properly managing the dressing. Over time they learned how to properly care for their stoma, making their life easier. Both satisfaction and dissatisfaction with the healthcare were experienced. Those who were dissatisfied expressed a lack of competence in dealing with stoma-related problems.Conclusions: Living with a stoma in a rural area in northern Sweden is experienced as a learning process and acceptance of the stoma’s existence is important. This study emphasises the need for increased knowledge of stoma-related problems in rural primary healthcare in order to help patients cope with everyday life. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Northern Sweden Lapland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic International Journal of Circumpolar Health 82 1 |
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ABSTRACTIntroduction: Stoma complications are common and interfere with many aspects of everyday life. Stoma problems are usually managed by a specialised stoma nurse, a service not present in the rural areas of South Lapland in Sweden. The aim of this study was to describe how stoma patients in rural areas experience living with a stoma.Methods: A qualitative descriptive study with semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 stoma patients living in rural municipalities and who received a part of their care at the local cottage hospital. Qualitative content analysis was employed.Results: Initially, the stoma was experienced as very depressing. Participants had difficulties in properly managing the dressing. Over time they learned how to properly care for their stoma, making their life easier. Both satisfaction and dissatisfaction with the healthcare were experienced. Those who were dissatisfied expressed a lack of competence in dealing with stoma-related problems.Conclusions: Living with a stoma in a rural area in northern Sweden is experienced as a learning process and acceptance of the stoma’s existence is important. This study emphasises the need for increased knowledge of stoma-related problems in rural primary healthcare in order to help patients cope with everyday life. |
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Simon Näverlo Karin Strigård Ulf Gunnarsson Anette Edin-Liljegren |
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Simon Näverlo Karin Strigård Ulf Gunnarsson Anette Edin-Liljegren |
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Patients’ experiences of living with a stoma in rural areas in Northern Sweden |
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Patients’ experiences of living with a stoma in rural areas in Northern Sweden |
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Patients’ experiences of living with a stoma in rural areas in Northern Sweden |
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Patients’ experiences of living with a stoma in rural areas in Northern Sweden |
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Patients’ experiences of living with a stoma in rural areas in Northern Sweden |
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patients’ experiences of living with a stoma in rural areas in northern sweden |
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