Spirituality/Religiousness as a therapeutic element in patients' adaptation to intestinal stomas
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https://doi.org/10.12957/reuerj.2025.88037Keywords:
Enterostomal Therapy, Colostomy, Ileostomy, SpiritualityAbstract
Objective: to explore the perception about spirituality/religiousness in patients’ adaptation to intestinal stomas, from their own perspective. Method: an exploratory study with a qualitative approach conducted with 12 individuals that had intestinal stomas for less than four months and were treated in a Multidisciplinary Treatment Program for Ostomized Patients. The data were collected between August and November 2021 by means of semi-structured interviews, which were analyzed grounded on Content Analysis (Thematic modality). Results: three thematic categories emerged: Spirituality/Religiousness manifests itself through God/family/friends; Spirituality/Religiousness helps attribute new meanings to the stoma adaptation process; and Spirituality/Religiousness makes me believe in the impossible. Final considerations: Spirituality/Religiousness reveals itself as a protection and shelter experience that is made a reality through God, family or friends, perceived as a therapeutic element to attribute new meanings to the disease discovery process until the patients manage to adapt to the intestinal stomas.
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