Abstract
Inquiries were made of ostomates with a view to clarify their mental problems caused by different methods of elimination and by adaptive process for old or new prosthetic equipment and to find out possible method for supporting ostomates in their mental profile. The results obtained revealed the following：
1）Concerning to method of elimination,patients using irrigation method have greater self-esteem,smaller anxiety,and less complaint and mental problems about evacuation than that of patients by natural evacuation. So,the former method leads mentally patients to more stable daily life.
2）Old or new prosthetic equipments for the patients by natural evacuation do not make great difference in their influences on the mental profile of ostomates. This means that the progress in the equipment dose not necessarily lead to lessening compliants and mental problems about evacuation on the part of patient. The above suggests that mental support for ostomates involves means for lessening their inferiority complex aboute evacuation.
