Self-care of people with intestinal ostomy: beyond the procedural towards rehabilitation - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Self-care of people with intestinal ostomy: beyond the procedural towards rehabilitation

ABSTRACT

Objectives:

to interpret the self-care experience of people with intestinal ostomy registered in an ostomy program, based on the framework of the Social Model of Disability.

Methods:

qualitative exploratory research, with the participation of nine people with intestinal ostomy, based on the Social Model of Disability.

Results:

majority were elderly, married, male with colostomy due to colorectal neoplasia. The self-care of these people was analyzed in two thematic groups: “Interdisciplinary assistance needed for people with intestinal ostomy” and “Self-care for the rehabilitation of the person with intestinal ostomy”. It was proved that there was a need for a specialized health team, offering information on disabilities, teaching self-care and perioperative follow-up.

Final Considerations:

when the social barriers of physical disabilities are overcome in the context of assistance for health and life, self-care will go beyond the reductionist vision of procedural care, towards comprehensive care, favoring the achievement of rehabilitation and the quality of survival.

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