To understand the status of self-transcendence, social support and stoma psychosocial adaptation in patients with enterostomy, and to analyze the correlation among the three.

This study was a cross-sectional study. From July to November 2021, convenience sampling was used to select 210 patients with enterostomy who visited the Wound and Stoma Outpatient Clinic in Laoshan Campus, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University as the research object. The General Information Questionnaire, Self-transcendence Scale (STS) , Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS) and Ostomy Adjustment Inventory-20 (OAI-20) were used to investigate the patients. Pearson correlation was used to test the correlation among variables, and multiple linear regression was used to explore the influencing factors of self-transcendence. A total of 210 questionnaires were distributed, and 196 effective questionnaires were recovered, with an effective recovery rate of 93.33% (196/210) .

Among 196 patients with enterostomy, the STS score was (36.48±11.84) . Pearson correlation analysis showed that the self-transcendence in colostomy patients was positively correlated with social support and stoma psychosocial adaptation (r=0.712, 0.855; P<0.01) . Multiple linear regression analysis showed that educational level, stoma self-care, social support and stoma psychosocial adaptation were the main influencing factors of self-transcendence in patients with enterostomy (P<0.05) .

The self-transcendence of patients with enterostomy needs to be improved, and the self-transcendence is related to social support and stoma psychosocial adaptation. Medical and nursing staff should take targeted measures to improve the social support and social adaptation of patients with enterostomy, thereby improving the self-transcendence and the quality of life of patients.

Colorectal neoplasms; Enterostomy; Self-transcendence; Social support; Psychosocial adaptation