Observational Study of the Quality of Life of Patients With New Stoma Formation and Users of a Stoma Appliance From the SenSura Mio Range With Bodyfit® Technology

Today, there are about 80,000 people with ostomies in France and 19,000 ostomies are created each year.

An ostomy is defined by a viscera reaching the skin, outside its natural location, by diversion of the digestive (enterostomy) or urinary (ureterostomy) tract. Digestive ostomies are temporary or permanent palliative surgeries that consist of connecting a segment of the healthy digestive tract to the surface of the skin, either downstream or upstream of a lesion. There are several reasons for this type of stoma: following colorectal cancer or IBD (chronic inflammatory bowel disease), or to decompress and drain the digestive tract in occlusion, or to protect a digestive anastomosis by temporarily diverting the intestinal flow. Urinary ostomies are usually performed following bladder cancer or neurogenic bladder that has resulted in the removal of the bladderr. The urinary tract is then diverted to allow the evacuation of urine into an artificial pouch.

The bodily injury, the creation of a stoma, can have serious familiar, social and professional repercussions. An early follow-up from the preoperative phase and long-term technical and psychological support promote an adaptation of quality. Helping the patient to live well with his disability is a complex task that mobilizes the skills of a multidisciplinary team of caregivers. Mastery of surgical techniques for the creation of ostomies and close collaboration between the surgeon and the stoma therapist are essential for the personalized care of ostomy patients.

Advances in various devices, bag systems and irrigation systems are concrete means that contribute greatly to improving the patient's quality of life. In this context of technological advances, COLOPLAST has developed a range of devices for incontinent digestive and urinary stomas, SenSura Mio Technology BodyFit®. This range of pouches adapts to peristomal morphology and body movements due to an elastic adhesive for a secure fit to individual body shapes. In addition, the pouches are designed to remain discreet and maximize wearing comfort due to a neutral-grey color water-repellent textile material, invisible even under white clothing, and a full-circle prefilter to differ filter saturation for proven reduction of ballooning.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the use of SenSura Mio products in real-life conditions in patients with recent ostomies. For this purpose, we will use the Stoma-QoL specific quality of life scale, as well as the Peristomal Skin Condition Rating Scale (DET Score).