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© 2023 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved.PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate clinical and economic outcomes during the first year following ostomy formation. DESIGN: Single-center retrospective audit. SUBJECTS AND SETTING: The sample comprised 200 patients who underwent surgery leading to ileostomy or colostomy at a large English National Health Service (NHS) Trust. METHODS: Clinical complications, medicine prescriptions, and interactions with healthcare services were reported over 12 months postsurgery, and interactions with the NHS were matched to the closest NHS unit cost to determine mean patient cost. RESULTS: The most common ostomy-related surgical site complications were high output (35.0%; n = 70), followed by moderate/severe peristomal skin complications (24.5%; n = 49) and bleeding (23.5%; n = 47). Ostomy management-related complications included general difficulties with ostomy management (50.0%; n = 100) and leakage-related mild peristomal skin issues (48.5%; n = 97). Clinical complication rates were highest in the first quarter following ostomy formation, except parastomal hernia, which increased in incidence over time. Ileostomy patients more frequently experienced high output, acute renal failure, and ostomy management-related complications and had increased length of inpatient admission. However, healthcare resource use was high in both groups, with a median of 13 inpatient admission days and 12 outpatient contacts overall within the first year. Mean cost per patient was £20,444.60 (US $26,018.41); 90.5% of these costs were attributed to ostomy-related factors. CONCLUSIONS: Patients are likely to experience at least one clinical complication following intestinal ostomy formation and have multiple interactions with the NHS. While a number of complications are more frequent in patients with ileostomies, both groups experienced considerable costs within the first year following surgery associated with ostomy management and recovery.
Author(s): Brady RRW, Scott J, Grieveson S, Aibibula M, Cawson M, Marks T, Page J, Artignan A, Boisen EB
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing
Year: 2023
Volume: 50
Issue: 6
Pages: 475-483
Online publication date: 01/11/2023
Acceptance date: 02/04/2018
ISSN (print): 1071-5754
ISSN (electronic): 1528-3976
Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
URL: https://doi.org/10.1097/WON.0000000000001028
DOI: 10.1097/WON.0000000000001028
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