Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to obtain suggestions for nursing support by describing the ways in which female ostomates cope with difficulties in their sexual lives.Cases and Method: Five married female ostomates for whom 5 years had passed since undergoing stoma construction were used as subjects, and data were collected through semistmctured interviews qualitative induction analysis.
Results: Patients coped with difficulties in their sexual lives by “acknowledging the difficulty in their sexual life,“seeking the cause of the difficulty in their sexual life,““remaking up their sexual life,“and“establishing new relations.““Confirming the husbands perceptions“is also necessary for“remaking up their sexual life,“and“establishing new relations“.
Conclusion: The results suggested that nursing support related to difficulties in a patients sexual life should include sexual counseling and couple counseling together with the husband before hospital discharge. It is necessary to give ostomates nursing support for regard to difficulties in the patient' s sexual life in order to help them to better adapt.
