The Effect of Education and Counseling Given to People With Stoma by Telephone on Stoma Compliance and Complications

The study will be conducted on individuals with stoma followed in the stoma therapy outpatient clinic of a university hospital. Based on the f values of the methods to be studied in the literature review, the total sample size found using the GPOWER program with an effect size of 0.4 (Cohen), 90% power and 0.05% margin of error was found to be n = 44. The sample of the research was determined as 52 in this direction. "Informed Consent Form, State-Trait Anxiety Scale, Adaptation Scale for Individuals with Ostomies" will be filled out. Scales will be collected for both groups on postoperative day 1, day 15, and 1 month after surgery. The patients were called by phone on the 7th, 14th and 21st postoperative days and education and counseling services were provided. SPSS package program will be used to analyze the data.