The objective of this descriptive study with a quantitative approach was to characterize the clientele with stoma assisted at a public hospital concerning their socio-demographic profile and specificities of respective surgeries and stoma. Nineteen patients who underwent surgery for intestinal stomas were interviewed during April and May of 2007. From the data tabulation and descriptive statistic analysis of distributions of simple frequency and percentiles of the variables studied, the following characteristics were verified among patients with stoma: male (52.63%), in the age group between 18 and 28 years (31.58%), coming from the interior of the State (57.9%), married (47.37%), low education level (62.16%) and low income (52.63%). Most admissions were emergencies (84.21%), with others for obstructive causes (63.16%), followed by traumatic causes, resulting from violence (31.58%). Predominated the colostomies (84.21%), temporary (68.42%), presenting liquid tributaries (63.16%), using inappropriate bags (47.37%) and with hyperemia presence in the peristoma skin (26.32%). It is concluded that this clientele is usually associated to emergencies, associated to accidents, thats requires prevention and specialized care.
Ostomy; Perioperative nursing; Nursing care
