Early peristomal skin complications reported by WOC nurses.

PURPOSE: The range of peristomal skin complications reported in the literature varies from 10% to 70%. Inconsistent terminology as well as a lack of a standardized tracking tool may account for this variability. The purpose of this study was to describe peristomal skin complications seen by WOC nurs...

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Publicado en:Journal of Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nursing Vol. 37; no. 5; pp. 505 - 511
Autor principal: Ratliff CR
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Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2010 Sep-Oct
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          Ostomy Adverse Effects
          Peristomal Skin Care
          Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing
          Adolescence
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          Child, Preschool
          Colostomy
          Convenience Sample
          Dermatitis, Contact
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          Interrater Reliability
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          Middle Age
          Observational Methods
          Outpatients
          Prospective Studies
          Urinary Diversion
          Virginia
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          Adult: 19-44 years
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          Aged, 80 & over
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          Child, Preschool: 2-5 years
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      ab: PURPOSE: The range of peristomal skin complications reported in the literature varies from 10% to 70%. Inconsistent terminology as well as a lack of a standardized tracking tool may account for this variability. The purpose of this study was to describe peristomal skin complications seen by WOC nurses over a 1-year period using a standardized data collection tool and using the peristomal terminology developed by the WOCN Society. METHODS: A prospective research design was used to describe peristomal skin complications of ostomy patients seen within the first 2 months of ostomy surgery by WOC Central Virginia Affiliate nurses. The WOC nurses completed a peristomal skin complication form on each ostomy patient that was seen within 2 months of the original ostomy surgery regardless of whether or not he or she had a peristomal complication. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize data. SUBJECTS AND SETTING: Twelve WOC nurses saw a total of 89 patients over a 12-month period. Subjects had a median age of 61 years (range, 1-91 years). The sample included 46 females and 43 males. All patients were seen in the central Virginia area. Thirty-two patients were seen in hospital, 31 were seen in a home health setting, and 26 were seen in outpatient clinic. RESULTS: Forty-two patients (47%) had peristomal complications. The types of ostomies seen were 37 colostomies, 33 ileostomies, and 15 urinary conduits. Thirty-one patients had chemical damage to the peristomal skin (irritant dermatitis), 5 had mechanical injury, and 4 had Candida infections, 1 had an allergic reaction, and another had pyoderma gangrenosum. CONCLUSIONS: Research studies that describe peristomal skin complications over time and over multiple settings are limited. A central data repository using a standardized tool may be one way to monitor them and then begin to look at standardized evidence-based peristomal skin care.
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