Effect of interactive text message follow up program on stoma adjustment patients after discharged from surgery ward of hospitals affiliated with isfahan university of medical mciences

Background: ostomy patients suffer from many problems which can be solved to a large extent with the help of follow-up programs. These follow-ups can be done by sending a text message. this study has aimed to examine the effect of an interactive follow-up program on the adjustment of Ostomy inpatients after they are discharged.methods: this study is a clinical trial which has been done on 64 ostomy patients were recruited and randomly assigned to the study or control group, who were discharged from the the hospitals. Members of the experimental group participated in a six-week follow-up program via text message. The information were collected before, immediately after and one month after the interventions by using Olbrisch Ostomy Adjustment Scale.Results: Results of this study indicated that mean score of ostomy adjustments and its dimensions was higher in the experimental group than in the control group. (P<0.05).Conclusion: the findings of this study have suggested that using SMS can be considered as a proper method for following up on ostomy patients.

Effect of interactive text message follow up program on stoma adjustment patients after discharged from surgery ward of hospitals affiliated with isfahan university of medical mciences Keywords:

follow up , adjustment , ostoma , discharge