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Personal awareness and behavioural choices on having a stoma: a qualitative metasynthesis

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  • Hui Tao
  • Praneed Songwathana
  • Sang‐arun Isaramalai
  • Ying Zhang

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Aims and objectives To answer how personal awareness and behavioural choices on having a stoma have been described and interpreted in previous qualitative studies. Background Over the past two decades, there has been an accumulation of the qualitative studies concerning the experiences of individuals living with a stoma. Synthesising the findings of these studies would be able to improve the understanding among health providers. Design Qualitative metasynthesis. Methods The literature was obtained through searching CINAHL and PubMed databases for papers published in English, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure database for papers published in Chinese from 1990–March 2012. Sixteen articles were selected using the predefined criteria. Results Three themes about personal awareness and behavioural choices on having a stoma were identified: altered self, restricted life and overcoming restrictions. The results showed the impacts of having a stoma through the analysis on connections between personal awareness and behavioural choices. Conclusions Having a stoma means that the individuals have to learn to be aware of and accustomed to changes and restrictions in their everyday lives. The individuals take behavioural efforts to overcome these restrictions involving: deciding on whether to reveal or conceal their stomas to others based on the possibility of being accepted or rejected, using internal resources, seeking and receiving external supports. Relevance to clinical practice The description and interpretation on personal awareness and behavioural choices associated with having a stoma is useful for nurses in providing practical, informational and emotional supports to help the individuals successfully adapt to their lives with a stoma.

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  • Hui Tao & Praneed Songwathana & Sang‐arun Isaramalai & Ying Zhang, 2014. "Personal awareness and behavioural choices on having a stoma: a qualitative metasynthesis," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 23(9-10), pages 1186-1200, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:23:y:2014:i:9-10:p:1186-1200
    DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12309
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    1. Manderson, Lenore, 2005. "Boundary breaches: the body, sex and sexuality after stoma surgery," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 61(2), pages 405-415, July.
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    1. Sha‐Li Wen & Juan Li & An‐Ni Wang & Meng‐Meng Lv & Hui‐Yuan Li & Yan‐Fang Lu & Jing‐Ping Zhang, 2019. "Effects of transtheoretical model‐based intervention on the self‐management of patients with an ostomy: A randomised controlled trial," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 28(9-10), pages 1936-1951, May.
    2. Hui Tao & Praneed Songwathana & Sang‐arun Isaramalai & Qingxi Wang, 2014. "Taking good care of myself: A qualitative study on self‐care behavior among Chinese persons with a permanent colostomy," Nursing & Health Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 16(4), pages 483-489, December.

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