Abstract
Patients undergoing or about to undergo a colostomy are subject to various anxieties and shifts in their psychological state. Thus,although it is difficult to evaluate patients anxieties exactly,it is of prime importance to treat such patients perioperative psychological disorders with a view to furthering their future quality of life（QOL）.
We used Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory （STAI） to assess the anxieties and the psychological condition of six patients undergoing colostomy. The STAI scale makes it possible to qualify vague anxiety in such patients so that we can decide to start individual nursing for each stoma rehabilitation.
The anxiety scale plays an important part in evaluating the psychological condition of patients undergoing colostomies.
