ABSTRACT
Objective To explore the effect of extended care on the quality of life of patients with permanent colostomy . Methods Clinical data of 268 patients with permanent colostomy were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were randomly divided into the experiment group (n=154) and control group (n=114). Two groups of patients after colostomy were given conventional nursing and telephone follow-up and the experiment group also received extended care such as home visits , seminars and fraternity care. Postoperative follow-up was done for 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 1 year. Core quality of life questionnaire (QLQ C30) was used to investigate the patients after 1 year intervention. Result Compared with the control group, patients′physical function, role function, emotional function, cognitive function, social function and health status rating were significantly improved in the experiment group (P<0.05). Conclusion Extended nursing can provide more comprehensive, systematic, professional nursing, improve the mastery of relevant knowledge and the skills and finally improve patients′quality of life.