The role of hardiness in adjustment to an ostomy

The purpose of this descriptive study was to explore the effects of the personality characteristic hardiness on adjustment to an ostomy in the elderly ostomy patient. The Health Related Hardiness Scale (HRHS) was used to measure hardiness and the Ostomy Adjustment Scale (OAS) was used to determine adaptation to the ostomy. Results included a modest but significant inverse relationship (-0.3978) (p < 0.05) between the control aspect of hardiness and adjustment to an ostomy. The relationship between hardiness and selected demographic variables was not significant.