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

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Detailed Description
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Adult patients without prior history of ostomy, undergoing 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. Patients will be consented and randomized at the time of preoperative clinic visit. All patients will receive standard preoperative ostomy teaching materials and education from the surgeon and clinic nurse. Patients randomized to the treatment arm will receive additional take-home teaching materials based on the American College of Surgeons Ostomy Teaching videos. After post-operative inpatient ostomy-nurse teaching, and prior to discharge from the hospital, patients will fill out a survey detailing their level of comfort with various aspects of ostomy home care. Patients in the treatment arm will be be asked to review the ostomy teaching videos and fill out the survey prior to discharge. Primary outcome will be delay in discharge from hospital due to stoma-teaching related issues. Secondary outcomes will include rate of calls to the clinic for stoma-related questions, stoma-related clinic/urgent care/emergency department visits, and stoma-related complications.

Official Title
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Quality Outcomes of Ostomy Teaching: A Randomized Trial of Inpatient Stoma-Nurse Teaching Versus Stoma Teaching Video Combined With Inpatient Stoma-Nurse Teaching

Conditions
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Ileostomy - Stoma, Colostomy Stoma

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Ostomy Education Video
* Other: Control - Standard ostomy education


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: adults over 18 yrs of age undergoing elective surgery including plan for ileostomy or colostomy Exclusion Criteria: 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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: Randomized controlled trial
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: Control<br>Standard preoperative and postoperative stoma teaching including ostomy nurse teaching and educational materials | Other: Control - Standard ostomy education<br>* Standard ostomy education including preoperative and postoperative ostomy nurse teaching and educational materials<br>|
| Experimental: Treatment<br>Ostomy care educational video combined with standard preoperative and postoperative stoma teaching including ostomy nurse teaching and educational materials | Other: Ostomy Education Video<br>* Ostomy education video in addition to standard ostomy education including preoperative and postoperative ostomy nurse teaching and educational materials<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Delay in hospital discharge | Delay in hospital discharge due to need for additional ostomy teaching | through initial inpatient hospital stay: an average of 5 days | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Length of stay | overall length of inpatient hospitalization | through initial inpatient hospital stay: an average of 5 days | 
| Hospital Readmission | rate of readmission to hospital after surgery | within 30 days, and within 30-60 days postoperatively | 
| Phone Calls | Number of phone calls to surgical team after discharge | within 60 days of discharge | 
| Clinic/Urgent Care/Emergency Department visits | number of Clinic/Urgent Care/Emergency Department visits | within 60 days of discharge | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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stoma education