Improving Outcomes of Older Adults Undergoing Ostomy Surgery
ConditionOstomy - Ileostomy or Colostomy
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseEarly Phase 1
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorMassachusetts General Hospital
About this trial
The goal of this pilot study is to learn if an intervention in patients undergoing ostomy surgery is easy to use. The overall goal of the work is to improve quality of life during recovery in the days after surgery for these patients using the intervention.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients Age 65+ years
clinicians age 18+ years
Patients undergoing fecal ostomy surgery and their clinicians
Disqualifiers
cognitive impairment not allowing completion of consent procedures based on the teach-back method.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Geriatric Assessment Strategy for Ostomy Management and Adaptation (GA-STOMA)
Treatment groups
16 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Massachusetts General Hospital
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov