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Leanne Richbourg1, Jane Fellows, Whitney D Arroyave
1WakeMed Health and Hospitals, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. lrichbourg@yahoo.com
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to determine average pouch wear times of persons with an ostomy living in the United States.
Subjects And Setting:
In this national survey, subjects were identified by ostomy nurses and through ostomy support groups in the United States. Participants responding to a survey represented all 6 geographic regions of the United States identified by US Bureau of Census.
Design And Procedure:
Persons with colostomies, ileostomies, and urostomies were queried concerning their average pouch wear time.
Results:
The mean wear time for ostomy pouches in the United States is 4.8 days. Persons with urostomies reported an average wear time of 5.02 days (SD = 1.74), those with ileostomies reported 5.01 days (SD = 2.25), and those with colostomies reported an average of 4.55 days (SD = 2.08).
Conclusions:
This study is the first of its kind to utilize a large, national sample to determine average wear time of ostomy pouches. Further research is needed to establish a benchmark for ostomy pouch wear time in the United States and to determine what factors affect wear time.
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