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Analysis of healthy sitting behavior: Interface pressure distribution and subcutaneous tissue oxygenation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Pressure ulcers are a large problem in individuals who use a wheelchair for their mobility and have limited trunk stability and motor function. Because no relation between interface pressure and pressure ulcer development has been established and no ...
Geffen, Paul van   +5 more
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Exploring quality of life, physical and psychosocial morbidity for patients with non-infected wounds: a pilot study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This article reports on the results of a pilot study exploring health-related quality of life and the experience of being resilient in patients who develop acute, non-infected surgical wounds.
Edward, Karen-Leigh   +2 more
core  

Travelling with a Stoma: A literature Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Gastrointestinal Nursing, copyright © MA Healthcare, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher.
Burch J   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Identifying Strategies for Home Management of Ostomy Care: Content Analysis of YouTube

open access: yesJMIR Human Factors
BackgroundThe social media platform YouTube is a recognized educational resource for health information, but few studies have explored its value for conveying the lived experience of individuals managing chronic health conditions ...
Marketa Haughey   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A cohort study of the recovery of health and wellbeing following colorectal cancer (CREW study): protocol paper [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: the number of people surviving colorectal cancer has doubled in recent years. While much of the literature suggests that most people return to near pre-diagnosis status following surgery for colorectal cancer, this literature has largely ...
Addington-Hall, Julia M.   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

The barriers and facilitators to nursing care for patients with permanent colostomy in outpatient centers: A qualitative study

open access: yesJournal of Education and Health Promotion
BACKGROUND: Ostomy care nurses are responsible for the management of patients with colostomy from the time of diagnosis. Currently, most ostomy care services are provided in outpatient ostomy care centers in order to reduce patients’ hospital stay and ...
Maryam Shoja   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Marginalization of Patients with Ostomy: A Content- Based Analysis

open access: yesJournal of Client-centered Nursing Care, 2015
Background: A few studies have addressed the impact of stoma on patients’ social life. This study aimed to understand the problems leading to social isolation of patients undergoing ostomy.
Nasrin Sarabi   +2 more
doaj  

INVESTIGATION, ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NURSING CARE OF PATIENTS WITH INTESTINAL STOMA

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Medicine, 2017
In Russia, the number of patients with intestinal stoma continues to grow. The topic of pro-viding rehabilitative care to ostomy patients and the role of the ward nurses in it is insufficiently illuminated. There is no certification of the profession and
D A Nazarova
doaj   +1 more source

216 Jewish Hospital of St. Louis [PDF]

open access: yes, 1978
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/bjc_216/1137/thumbnail ...

core   +1 more source

The experiences of Chinese colorectal cancer survivors in marital intimacy after ostomy creation: A qualitative study

open access: yesBelitung Nursing Journal
Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) ranks as the third most prevalent cancer globally. The disease and its treatment significantly impact marital intimacy, particularly among individuals who have undergone ostomy creation.
Xixi Du   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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