Laura L Schott, Deanna Eaves, Gary Inglese, Meenal Sinha
{"title":"Characteristics, Hospital Length of Stay, and Readmissions Among Individuals Undergoing Abdominal Ostomy Surgery: Review of a Large US Healthcare Database.","authors":"Laura L Schott, Deanna Eaves, Gary Inglese, Meenal Sinha","doi":"10.1097/WON.0000000000000922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/WON.0000000000000922","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study was to examine patient characteristics, length of stay (LOS), hospital revisits, and complications of patients undergoing abdominal ostomy surgery.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective cohort study.</p><p><strong>Subjects and setting: </strong>Data were extracted from the PINC AI Healthcare Database (PHD), a large archive that stores data from 25% of all US inpatient hospital discharges. Patients were admitted to 658 hospitals in the United States between December 1, 2017, and November 30, 2018. The sample comprised 27,658 adult patients; 15,512 underwent creation of a colostomy, 10,207 underwent ileostomy construction, and 1930 had a urostomy procedure. Their median age was 64 years (interquartile range [IQR] = 19 years). Emergent admission type was 71.2% for patients who underwent a colostomy procedure, 49.4% for ileostomy, and 9.9% for urostomy. The majority of patients underwent open surgery (77.7%); 22.3% of procedures used an endoscopic approach.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients were identified as having undergone abdominal ostomy surgery via ICD-10-PCS (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedure Coding System) procedure codes. Demographic, visit, hospital and clinical characteristics, LOS, and hospital revisits (ie, readmissions and emergency department [ED]) were captured for qualifying patients. Data were evaluated using unadjusted descriptive analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The median LOS of 9 days (IQR = 9 days) varied by ostomy surgery; the cumulative postsurgical LOS was 7 days (IQR = 5 days). The most frequent underlying diagnoses resulting in ostomy surgery were diverticulitis of the large bowel (19.6%) managed by colostomy, colorectal cancer managed by ileostomy (22.5%), or urothelial cancer managed by urostomy (78.1%). Slightly less than a quarter (23.7%) of patients were discharged home without home care, 43.0% went home with home healthcare, and 29.6% were discharged to a non-acute care facility. Hospital readmission within 120 days of discharge was 36.3% for patients with a colostomy, 52.3% for those with an ileostomy, and 34.6% for patients with a urostomy. Ostomy complications were identified as the reason for readmission in 62.4% of patients. Slightly more than 1 in 5 patients (20.7%) had a subsequent ED visit within 120 days, 39.7% of which involved ostomy complication.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Characteristics of patients undergoing abdominal stoma surgery varied based on underlying diagnosis and ostomy type. The median hospital LOS was more than 1 week. Patients experienced high rates of healthcare utilization (hospital admission or ED visits) during the 120 days following surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":520700,"journal":{"name":"Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society","volume":" ","pages":"529-539"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40702750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Idevania G Costa, Deborah Tregunno, Pilar Camargo-Plazas
{"title":"Patients' Perceptions of Reasons Contributing to Delay in Seeking Help at the Onset of a Diabetic Foot Ulcer: A Grounded Theory Study.","authors":"Idevania G Costa, Deborah Tregunno, Pilar Camargo-Plazas","doi":"10.1097/WON.0000000000000913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/WON.0000000000000913","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study was to explore patients' perception of reasons contributing to delay in seeking help and referral to a wound care specialist at the onset of a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Constructivist grounded theory study.</p><p><strong>Subjects and setting: </strong>The sample comprised 30 individuals with active DFU attending a wound care clinic in southeastern Ontario, Canada.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were selected through purposive and theoretical sampling. Semistructured interviews were conducted with participants until no new properties of the patterns emerged. All interviews were transcribed, coded, and analyzed using methods informed by constructivist grounded theory.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The reasons contributing to delay to seek help and referral to a wound care specialist were (1) limited knowledge about foot care, (2) unaware of diabetic foot problems, (3) underestimation of ulcer presentation, (4) I thought I could fix it myself, (5) inaccurate diagnosis, and (6) trial and error approach by a nonspecialized wound care provider.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Study findings suggest that patients and primary healthcare providers need additional education regarding the management of diabetic foot disease and DFU.</p>","PeriodicalId":520700,"journal":{"name":"Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society","volume":" ","pages":"481-487"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40360268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Getting Ready for Foot Care Certification: Foot Care Health History and Risk Factor Assessment.","authors":"Jonathan Smith, Cathy Wogamon-Harmon","doi":"10.1097/WON.0000000000000912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/WON.0000000000000912","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520700,"journal":{"name":"Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society","volume":" ","pages":"492-494"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40360271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment On: WOCN Society President's Message: The Autumn of Our Years.","authors":"Katherine F Jeter","doi":"10.1097/WON.0000000000000900","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/WON.0000000000000900","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520700,"journal":{"name":"Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society","volume":" ","pages":"402"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40360391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jeanine Gleba, Leslie Riggle Miller, B Mitchell Peck, Joanna Burgess-Stocks
{"title":"United Ostomy Associations of America's Ostomy and Continent Diversion Patient Bill of Rights: An Examination of Best-in-Practice Care for Ostomy Patients.","authors":"Jeanine Gleba, Leslie Riggle Miller, B Mitchell Peck, Joanna Burgess-Stocks","doi":"10.1097/WON.0000000000000909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/WON.0000000000000909","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study was to examine best practices through utilization of United Ostomy Associations of America's (UOAA's) Ostomy and Continent Diversion Patient Bill of Rights (PBOR) from the perspective of patients and clinicians.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cross-sectional, comparative design.</p><p><strong>Subjects and setting: </strong>The sample comprised 412 patients with ostomies (colostomy, ileostomy, urostomy) and continent diversions (such as J-pouch) and 195 clinicians (physicians, nurses, nurse assistants) residing in the United States. All patients underwent surgery within the United States. Almost half of participants (n = 196/412; 47.6%) had surgery within 5 years of data collection.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were recruited between 2019 and 2020. Patient data were collected from UOAA's national conference and affiliated ostomy support groups. Clinician data were collected at the 2019 National WOCN Society Conference and through affiliated nursing and medical professional societies. Participants completed a self-administered online or printed survey; items focused on the Ostomy and Continent Diversion PBOR and standards of ostomy care.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among clinicians familiar with the PBOR, 54% (n = 58/106) reported UOAA's PBOR was being used to inform ostomy care. When analyzing the full sample of both clinicians and patients, we found that less than 13% (n = 25/195) of clinicians and 5% (n = 20/412) of patients reported that all 16 of the recommended standards of care outlined in the PBOR were incorporated into ostomy care. Analysis also revealed differences between patients' and clinicians' reports of provision of 14 of the 16 PBOR components. They include a discussion on emotional impact of the ostomy surgery, instructions on troubleshooting potential difficulties with the ostomy, provision of educational materials, and providing information for ordering supplies.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Study findings showed discrepancies between the PBOR standards of care being provided by clinicians versus the care patients reported they received. Findings also indicated variability in the consistency of delivering all components of the PBOR. We assert that further awareness and wider utilization of the PBOR in every health care setting in the United States are needed to provide best care to patients living with an ostomy.</p>","PeriodicalId":520700,"journal":{"name":"Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society","volume":" ","pages":"462-468"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40360266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Patients' Perceptions of Reasons Contributing to Delay in Seeking Help at the Onset of a Diabetic Foot Ulcer: A Grounded Theory Study.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/WON.0000000000000918","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/WON.0000000000000918","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520700,"journal":{"name":"Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society","volume":" ","pages":"E8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40360269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Catherine S Barker, Gabriella Santa Lucia, Glenda Brunette, Lara Wine Lee
{"title":"Treatment of Pediatric Pyoderma Gangrenosum With Modified Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Intralesional Corticosteroids: A Case Report.","authors":"Catherine S Barker, Gabriella Santa Lucia, Glenda Brunette, Lara Wine Lee","doi":"10.1097/WON.0000000000000904","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/WON.0000000000000904","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND: Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare ulcerative skin disease; its etiology is unknown, though it is often associated with autoimmune diseases. Pyoderma gangrenosum results in significant morbidity and exquisite pain that affects health-related quality of life. Wound healing is delayed, and patients often experience relapse. Pyoderma gangrenosum is susceptible to pathergy and deterioration with surgical intervention or other trauma; therefore, treatment includes atraumatic wound care, infection management, and local or systemic immunosuppression. CASE: We describe the use of modified negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) with intralesional and topical steroids for the treatment of PG in a 15-year-old female patient with ulcerative colitis and a staged J-pouch ileoanal reconstruction. The patient and her family refused all systemic therapy due to prior steroid-associated weight gain. She was unable to tolerate conscious dressing changes, further complicating the treatment plan. Procedural interventions such as NPWT have been used previously for PG; however, they can cause wound pathergy and subsequent wound deterioration. Modified NPWT in conjunction with topical and intralesional steroids induced wound healing without producing pathergy. CONCLUSION: Timely recognition of PG is crucial to appropriate delivery of care. Modified NPWT and localized corticosteroid treatment were key to promoting wound healing in this case of pediatric PG.","PeriodicalId":520700,"journal":{"name":"Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society","volume":" ","pages":"488-491"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40360270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laurie McNichol, Anna Markiewicz, Jimena Goldstine, Thom R Nichols
{"title":"A Cross-Sectional Survey Reporting on the Value of Patient-Centered Ostomy Programs: A Smooth Transition After Ostomy Surgery.","authors":"Laurie McNichol, Anna Markiewicz, Jimena Goldstine, Thom R Nichols","doi":"10.1097/WON.0000000000000907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/WON.0000000000000907","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of the study was to evaluate a postsurgical ostomy patient support program in regard to postsurgical experience, education, skin care, pouching system and accessory use, insurance issues, supplier assistance, hospital readmission status, and the benefit of multiple interactions.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cross-sectional design.</p><p><strong>Subjects and setting: </strong>Potential respondents were randomly selected from a group of adults 18 years or older who underwent ostomy surgery within 6 months prior to survey completion. Nine hundred seventy-one individuals met inclusion criteria, and 297 were selected for analysis, based on having 1 or more program interactions. Data were collected between the second and third quarters of 2020. All participants were residents of the United States.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were contacted by e-mail containing an invitation to participate in a survey; the e-mail also described the intent of the survey. Survey distribution was conducted by the sponsor and linked to a third-party survey management organization for compilation. The survey questionnaire, developed specifically for the purpose of this study, comprised 73 items that queried demographic and pertinent clinical data, participation in an industry-sponsored patient support program, and their post-hospital discharge experiences including unplanned health care provider visits, emergency department visits, and hospital readmissions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eighty-three percent (n = 237) of respondents did not have postsurgical ostomy-related emergency department visits, 75% (n = 223) did not have related unplanned physician visits, and 90% (n = 268) did not have related hospitalizations. Participants with 2 or more interactions were more likely to contact a program representative for issues of stoma care, leakage and skin care, ostomy products/accessories, and supplier issues than their single-interaction counterparts.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Study findings suggest that patients with new ostomies benefited from engagement in an industry-sponsored patient support program. The benefit appears to arise from personal interactions and respondents; 2 or more interactions were shown to have greater benefit than a single interaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":520700,"journal":{"name":"Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society","volume":" ","pages":"449-454"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/21/cd/wocn-49-449.PMC9481286.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40360394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Context for Practice: The Ties That Bind the W, the O, and the C.","authors":"Mikel Gray","doi":"10.1097/WON.0000000000000917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/WON.0000000000000917","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520700,"journal":{"name":"Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society","volume":" ","pages":"395-399"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40360390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adjustment to an Ostomy: An Integrative Literature Review.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/WON.0000000000000919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/WON.0000000000000919","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520700,"journal":{"name":"Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society","volume":" ","pages":"E7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40360393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}