Predictors of Psychological Distress among Patients with Colorectal Cancer-Related Enterostomy: A Cross-sectional

Siqing Li1, Liping Zhong, Danyan Zhou

  • 1At the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China, Siqing Li, MD, is Enterostomal Therapist, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Liping Zhong, MS, is Enterostomal Therapist, Radiology Department. Danyan Zhou, MS, is Nursing Student, Xinhua College of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. Also at the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Xiumin Zhang, MS, is Nurse, Intensive Care Unit; Yuxia Liu, MS, is Nurse, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery; and Baojia Zheng, MD, is Health Manager, Health Management Center. Acknowledgment: Siqing Li and Liping Zhong contributed equally to this study, and Baojia Zheng and Yuxia Liu contributed equally to this study. The authors thank the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University for its free database use. This study was supported financially by the Young Talents of Sun Yat-sen University (N: N2020Y05). The authors have disclosed no other financial relationships related to this article. Submitted March 19, 2022; accepted in revised form May 2, 2022.

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