Social Stigma Among Stoma Patients

Stoma is a surgical opening from an area inside the body to the outer surface of the body. Stoma is an effective treatment used for many cancerous and non-cancerous diagnosis. However post ostomy changes, many suffers and go through a lot of psychological issues pertaining to altered body image, social stigma, decreased self-efficacy, decreased confidence, negativity and also related to physical problems such as leakage, ostomy related dermatitis, bad odour and other lot problems. The young and unmarried adults suffers more from psychological and emotional problems. The stigma and disability acceptance of patients with stoma are serious problems that are closely related to their psychosocial adaptation. Keywords: Stoma, stigma, adaptation, psychological, emotional, physical, self-efficacy, social support, ostomy inventory.