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Table 7 Association between QOL and “thoughts of suicide/self-harm at some point due to ostomy”

From: A cross-sectional study of quality of life in a cohort of enteral ostomy patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital in a developing country in South Asia

 

Thoughts of suicide/self-harm at some point due to ostomy

N

Mean

Standard deviation

p value

Overall QOL score

Yes

5

42.2880

17.45353

0.042

No

38

54.4937

11.47986

Scores on concerns of stoma

Yes

5

2.0333

0.87718

0.536

No

38

2.2719

0.79546

Scores on sleep

Yes

5

2.0667

0.95452

0.173

No

38

2.6053

0.80111

Scores on family and social relationships

Yes

5

1.8571

0.88641

0.020

No

38

2.8571

0.86674

Scores on sexuality/body image

Yes

5

2.2000

1.09545

0.151

No

38

2.7719

0.78692