Stoma Related Complications and Quality of Life Assessments Ethiopia and Sweden

Stoma Related Complications and Quality of Life Assessment: a Cross-sectional Study With Patients From Ethiopia and Sweden

Cross-sectional comparative study of general and stoma-specific quality of life in patients with stoma in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, and Stockholm, Sweden.

Objective: To evaluate the quality of life for patients with ostomy in Ethiopia and Sweden using a general and a specific assessment tool.

Design: Comparative descriptive cross-sectional study. Setting: Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH), Addis Abeba and South General Hospital, Stockholm.

Participants/Exposure: Patients with a permanent ostomy visiting the stoma center in Addis Abeba, patients waiting for ostomy reversal at TASH, and patients visiting the stoma clinic at South General Hospital.

Main outcomes and measure: Quality of life and stoma specific quality of life: EQ5D-5L and Stoma QoL.

Inclusion Criteria:

• adult patients (≥ 18 years old)
• having an ostomy for more than two months
• willingness and ability to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• non-intestinal stoma