Improving Outcomes of Older Adults Undergoing Ostomy Surgery

Improving Biopsychosocial Outcomes of Older Adults Undergoing Fecal Ostomy Surgery

The goal of this pilot study is to learn if an intervention in patients undergoing ostomy surgery is easy to use. The overall goal of the work is to improve quality of life during recovery in the days after surgery for these patients using the intervention.

In this study the acceptability and usability of an intervention to evaluate and address biopsychosocial outcomes for older adults undergoing fecal ostomy surgery will be evaluated with the overall goal of improving patient-centered outcomes.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients Age 65+ years
• clinicians age 18+ years
• Patients undergoing fecal ostomy surgery and their clinicians

Exclusion Criteria:

• cognitive impairment not allowing completion of consent procedures based on the teach-back method.