A Randomized Trial of Inpatient Stoma-Nurse Teaching Versus Stoma Teaching Video Combined With Inpatient Stoma-Nurse Teaching

Status unconfirmed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Ileostomy - Stoma, Colostomy Stoma

In brief

Adult patients without prior history of ostomy, undergoing elective surgery involving a new ileostomy or colostomy will be randomized to receive standard ostomy nurse teaching or ostomy nurse teaching combined with preoperative and postoperative stoma care teaching video. Post operative outcomes including delay in discharge and stoma-related complications will be tracked.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03707392

Run by

University of Southern California

People needed

74

Starts

2018-07-17

Expected to finish

2020-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-10-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• adults over 18 yrs of age
• undergoing elective surgery including plan for ileostomy or colostomy

You may not qualify if…

• patients unable or unwilling to provide informed consent for any reason, including patients with inadequate capacity for decision making.
• Patients undergoing emergent surgery
• Vulnerable populations such as prison and psychiatric ward patients
• Patients who for any reason do not undergo construction of pre-operatively planned stoma
• Patients with history of previous stoma creation
• Patients who are not their own primary caregivers will also be excluded, including those patients who are planned to be discharged to care facility or nursing facility

Where it is running

• University of Southern California — Los Angeles, California, United States (enrolling)

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