International Ostomy Patient Survey on an Innovative Mechanical 2-Piece Appliance with a Specific Pouch Application Guiding System

Introduction

Year after year, the choice of the most appropriate device is becoming more complicated for the  patients and ET nurses due to a large number of appliance available on the market. A new coupling system has recently been developed and proposed to patients. An international survey has been carried out in Europe in order to validate the user satisfaction of this concept.

Aim

Evaluation of a new 2-Piece mechanical coupling and guiding system by patients and ET nurses on comfort, ease of use and security.

Method

A large survey has been proposed to ET nurses in 8 European countries. Colostomates, ileostomates and urostomates who were already wearing this new appliance were eligible for inclusion.

An evaluation form had to be completed by each patient and a final appreciation of the appliance had to be given both by patients and ET nurses.

Results

A total of 1155 patients were included by 307 ET nurses in France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland and Finland between 04/2013 and 05/2014. The large majority of patients had digestive stoma  with 45% of ileostomates, 39% of colostomates and 16%  had urostomy. 74% of the participants were newly operated with no experience of device  and 26% were already wearing a pouch.  

All results will be presented in detail. The guiding system  offering 3 possible pouch positions was rated “Very easy or easy” to use by 91% of the participants. The comfort and the security feeling were also rated as “very satisfying or satisfying” by 88% and 86% of patients respectively. More than 2/3 of patients decided to continue to use this new device.

Conclusion

This patient survey demonstrates the real benefits of this new device for the patients. The mechanical coupling system with an innovative guiding system goes along with high flexibility, comfort and security.