Self-irrigation - made easy strategy the social reinsertion of the people with definitive colostomy

Abstract

The self-irrigation constitutes an important instrument of support to intestinal control, allowing the colostomy’s carriers their social reintegration. The purpose of this study is to comprehend the process of training for technique of intestinal self-irrigation recommended to people with definitive colostomy, as well as the implications of this technique in respect to the quality of life, approaching social and cultural aspects. It means about an exploratory study with qualitative boarding, conducted at university hospital in Cuiabá – MT, in the period from May 2005 to May 2006. The sample of the study constituted 10 colostomy’s carriers, selected conform criterions established previously, and who accepted to participate of the self-irrigation training. The data were collected through interviews half-structuralized occurred at different moments of the training process: before the training, during it and after it. The analysis of these data resulted in two categories: the first one called for “Socializing the information about self-irrigation” originated the subcategories: Implications of learning the technique of self irrigation and accomplishing the technique of self-irrigation; and the second one called for "The possibilities after education-learning of the self-irrigation”. The irrigation presented to be satisfactory and facilitator to social reinsertion of individuals with definitive colostomy, bringing better quality of life to the same ones.