Stoma anxieties: A comparison of the attitudes of Asian migrants and the indigenous population in the United Kingdom towards abdominal surgery and the role of intestinal stomas

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We have studied stoma care nurses' experience with Asian patients having a stoma. The general public's attitudes to abdominal surgery in general were assessed in a survey of employees in Leicester. Many stoma care nurses are aware of the needs of Asian patients, especially with regards to ethnic dress, but only half of the ostomists who wanted to see a stoma care nurse or fellow ostomist were able to do so (χ2=4.5,p2=8.5,p2=4.5,p<0.03). Tous les stomisés considéraient que les conseils en éducation, en emplois, ou en mariage étaient inadéquats. Il y avait un taux important d'anxiété envers les stomies et cette anxiété était de façon surprenante similaire pour tous les groupes ethniques.