The Effect of Education on Self-Efficacy and Adaptation to Stoma of Individuals With Stoma

The Effect of Education Via Video Conferencing at Home on Self-Efficacy and Adaptation to Stoma of Individuals With Stoma

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of stoma care training given at home via videoconferencing after discharge on the self-efficacy and compliance with stoma of individuals with stoma. In addition to the main purpose, it is aimed to determine whether stoma care education given via video conference at home has an effect on individuals with stoma to perform their own stoma care.

After discharge, the individuals in the experimental group were given training by the researcher through training booklets prepared by the Association of Wound Ostomy Incontinence Nurses and video conference in four interviews. The first interview was done on the 5th day after discharge, the second on the 10th day, the third on the 15th day, and the fourth on the 2nd month. Individuals with stoma in the control group received the training routinely given in the hospital. Self-efficacy and compliance with stoma were measured at baseline and at 2 months. The ability to care for one's own stoma was evaluated at the end of the study.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Opening stoma for the first time,
• Stoma opening surgery Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, 3rd Floor Surgical Oncology Clinic,
• Whether the opened stoma is a colostomy or an ileostomy,
• Able to speak and understand Turkish,
• be over 18 years old,
• Not having any mental problems that prevent them from being trained and practiced on stoma care,
• Not having an obstacle to performing stoma care on their own in terms of vision, hearing and motor skills,
• Possibility of meeting via video conference,
• He voluntarily agrees to participate in the research.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous stoma opening experience,
• Not being discharged within 10 days after the operation,
• Refusal to participate in the study.