© Lake Forest Graduate School of Management - 2010 April 24, 2010 United Ostomy Network (UON): Meeting the Differentiation Challenge “If there ever would be a time for us to differentiate ourselves by better using the internet, this is it,” thought April Flowers, Executive Director of the United Ostomy Network (UON) — a not for profit North American organization that provides health care information to those that have undergone, or will undergo surgery resulting in the formation of a temporary or permanent stoma (ostomy). The directors of the UON are concerned about the possible overlap of efforts with other organizations. They view most of the available informational websites as being somewhat the same in their offerings. That is, they do not want their website to be another „me too‟ website, offering the same information available elsewhere on the internet. To move ahead, they feel that they must differentiate and are willing to make the necessary investments to do so but not without a proper facts based analysis. As her chief analyst, Flowers asked you to analyze the results of a just completed survey and to make specific recommendations to her and the directors on the course of action UON should take. Mission Statement: UON is a network for those that have undergone a bowel and urinary diversion, their caregivers, and support groups. Its goal as a nonprofit association is to provide and disseminate health care information that will serve and benefit those that have undergone a bowel or urinary diversion.  UON is committed to the improvement of the quality of life of people who have, or will have, an intestinal or urinary diversion.  UON is dedicated to the provision of information, advocacy and service to their members and the intestinal/urinary diversion community at large.  It is organized to grow and develop while remaining independent and financially viable. Background: A stoma is a temporary or permanent surgically created opening of the bowel or urinary tract to the abdominal surface of the body. Its function is to facilitate the removal of waste (feces or urine) from the body. Those that undergo stoma surgery may do so to alleviate years of pain and suffering from debilitating intestinal diseases such as Crohn‟s Disease or Diverticulitis, or to stop the spread of intestinal or bladder cancers. Stoma surgeries are generally classified into three major types; surgeries of the colon, know as colostomies; surgeries of the ileum, known as ileostomies, and surgeries of the urinary tract, known as urostomies. Stoma surgery is a life altering surgery often requiring a lengthy period of coping and adapting to an altered body schema, altered continence states, and social stigmas. Fortunately, most people who undergo this type of surgery do adapt well, and go on to live productive quality lives. Approximately 80,000 osto.

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April 24, 2010
United Ostomy Network (UON): Meeting the Differentiation
Challenge
“If there ever would be a time for us to differentiate ourselves
by better using the internet, this is it,” thought April
Flowers, Executive Director of the United Ostomy Network
(UON) — a not for profit North American organization that
provides health care information to those that have undergone,
or will undergo surgery resulting in the formation of a
temporary or permanent stoma (ostomy).
The directors of the UON are concerned about the possible
overlap of efforts with other organizations. They view most of
the available informational websites as being somewhat the
same in their offerings. That is, they do not want their
website to be another „me too‟ website, offering the same
information available elsewhere on the internet. To move ahead,
they feel that they must differentiate and are willing to make the

2. necessary investments to do so but not without a proper
facts based analysis.
As her chief analyst, Flowers asked you to analyze the results of
a just completed survey and to make specific
recommendations to her and the directors on the course of
action UON should take.
Mission Statement: UON is a network for those that have
undergone a bowel and urinary diversion, their caregivers, and
support groups. Its goal as a nonprofit association is to provide
and disseminate health care information that will serve
and benefit those that have undergone a bowel or urinary
diversion.
of people who have, or will have, an intestinal or
urinary diversion.
and service to their members and the
intestinal/urinary diversion community at large.
independent and financially viable.

3. Background: A stoma is a temporary or permanent surgically
created opening of the bowel or urinary tract to the
abdominal surface of the body. Its function is to facilitate the
removal of waste (feces or urine) from the body. Those that
undergo stoma surgery may do so to alleviate years of pain and
suffering from debilitating intestinal diseases such as
Crohn‟s Disease or Diverticulitis, or to stop the spread of
intestinal or bladder cancers. Stoma surgeries are generally
classified into three major types; surgeries of the colon, know
as colostomies; surgeries of the ileum, known as
ileostomies, and surgeries of the urinary tract, known as
urostomies.
Stoma surgery is a life altering surgery often requiring a
lengthy period of coping and adapting to an altered body
schema,
altered continence states, and social stigmas. Fortunately, most
people who undergo this type of surgery do adapt well,
and go on to live productive quality lives.
Approximately 80,000 ostomy surgeries are performed in the
US annually, and while there are no statistics as to the death
rate among ostomates, it is estimated that there may be as many
as 800,000 ostomates currently living in the US.
This case was prepared by Professor of Business Management
Thomas Nichols. It was written as a basis for class discussion

4. rather than to illustrate effective or
ineffective handling of an administrative situation.
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Temporary stomas are usually reversed (normal bowel function
is returned) within 6 to 12 months after the date of the
original surgery. Not all temporary stomas are reversed. While
reversal statistics are sketchy at best, it is estimated that
20 to 33 percent of all surgeries scheduled for reversal are not
reversed due to complications.
The situation: United Ostomy Network has taken its website
offline while it deliberates how to best differentiate itself
from other not for profit organizations such as the United
Ostomy Association of America (UOAA: www.uoaa.org ), and
the International Ostomy Association (IOA:
www.ostomyinternational.org/ ). UON would like to increase
its use of the
internet to provide quality informational services to those that
have undergone ostomy surgery. They would like to model
this extended service, in part, after the format of a popular
ostomy website www.c3life.com. However, they believe that
those who would require their service most are those within
three years post surgery, but given that population
demographics point to the fact that the ostomy population is an
older population they are concerned that internet use may

5. not be common among an older population
A
. Hence, their first goal is to obtain a demographic profile of the
general
ostomy population within the US and Canada. To this end, they
have commissioned a survey of the ostomy population.
Secondary to a demographic profile of the general population is
to profile where the ostomy population currently gets
health care information.
During a brainstorming session with key health care opinion
leaders it was also determined that the UON should provide
stoma management and support services, support services for
complications of stoma management such as hernias and
skin irritation or infection, support with ordering stoma
management products, counseling in support of stoma
management, and support with health insurance related to the
stoma.
Obstacles: No databases of the general population of people
that have undergone ostomy surgery exist in the public
domain; therefore the UON has contracted with a North
American distributor of ostomy supplies to distribute the survey
to ostomy customers. The survey was included in the
customer‟s normal shipment of ostomy products. The 1500
surveys

6. were randomly distributed with 367 respondents. See Exhibit 1
for the questions listed in the survey. The results are
contained in the Excel file: lfgsm-UON Case 042410.
Regulatory considerations: Because the survey is intended for
people with health considerations, it is subject to
regulatory restrictions. The survey is not a clinical
investigation as outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR),
and falls within compliance for “survey procedures where no
identifying information will be recorded that can link
subjects to the data, and disclosure of the data could not
reasonably place the subjects at risk of civil or criminal liability
or be damaging to the subjects' financial standing,
employability, or reputation."
The confidentiality of all respondents was assured, and no
identifying information that could link the respondent to the
survey was collected.
As a matter of survey record, the survey will ask the
respondents to provide the date of the original ostomy surgery.
To
further protect the identity of its customers, the distributor
requires that the date of original ostomy surgery be recoded in
the database as June 15, of the year of the surgery.

7. The survey has been constructed, implemented and completed.
The data has been returned to the UON for analysis.
The key variables of interest in the survey are
1) type of surgery; colostomy, ileostomy, or urostomy (q3_1,
q3_2, q3_3, q3_4, and Q3_5)
2) the reason for the surgery (q4)
3) permanent or temporary stoma (q5)
4) whether the stoma surgery was expected or unexpected (q6)
A
: While demographic information points to an older population,
the need for ostomy surgery has no age limit; affecting a range
from
infancy to senior citizens.
http://www.uoaa.org/
http://www.ostomyinternational.org/
http://www.c3life.com/
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5) time in years since initial stoma surgery (q7)
6) current health assessment (q8)

8. 7) the stoma‟s affect on their life (q9)
8) adaptation to living with a stoma (q10)
9) continuation of treatment (q11)
10) spouse/partner/family member involvement (q12)
11) gender (q13)
12) work habits (q14)
13) occupational status (q15)
14) employment status (q16)
15) current annual salary (q17)
16) help with the care and management (q18)
17) well informed (q19)
18) information resources (q22_1, q22_2, q22_3, q22_4, q22_5)
19) sources of information (q23_1 - q23_8)
20) information value_1: importance (q24)
21) information value_2: importance (q25)
22) information value_3: satisfaction (q26)
23) information value_4: importance (q27)
24) information value_5: importance (q28)

9. 25) information value_6: importance (q29)
26) information value_7: importance (q30)
27) online support (q31)
28) year of birth (q32)
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Analysis Expectations:
The directors of UON feel that the key to their decision making
is the demographic profile of the sample, information as
to where the sample currently gets its health care information,
information as to the provisions determined by the key
health care opinion leaders, and other recommendations based
on the data.
They are expecting the analysis will provide answers to the
following questions along with supporting analysis:

10. 1) Does the survey satisfy the goal of obtaining a demographic
profile of the general ostomy population within the US and
Canada?
Provide pivot tables and descriptive statistics are required to
support the answer. All pivot tables must include n and
percent.
a) what is the gender distribution of the sample?
b) provide descriptive statistics of age of the survey respondent,
age by stoma type, and age by gender.
c) provide descriptive statistics of the length of time since their
surgery. How many of these are less than three
years post surgery.
d) provide a pivot table of type of stoma by originating
diagnosis. Hint: use an Excel function to combine stoma
types (Q3_1 thought Q3_5 ) into a single variable.
e) provide a pivot table of the frequency of permanent and
temporary stomas.
f) provide a pivot table of expected and unexpected surgeries.
g) provide a pivot table of the respondents current health status.
h) provide a pivot tables showing Q9 (How much do you think
having a stoma affects your life) by Q10 (Have you
adapted to living with a stoma).

11. 2) Where does this sample currently get its health care
information?
a) Does the sample consider itself well informed about their
stoma? Provide a pivot table of Q19.
b) Where do they currently get their information? Provide pivot
tables of Q22_1 through Q22_4.
How many respondents do none of these?
c) What is their primary source of new ostomy information?
Provide frequencies of Q23_1 through Q23_8.
3) Key health care opinion leaders in a focus group determined
that the UON should provide stoma management and
support services, support services for complications of stoma
management such as hernias and skin irritation or infection,
support with ordering stoma management products, counseling
in support of stoma management, and support with health
insurance related to the stoma. What information do you have
that this should be pursued?
a) Provide a pivot table of Q24 (The very last time you asked a
health care professional about the management of
your stoma, did you receive useful information?).
b) Provide a pivot table that cross-tabulates Q25 and Q26 (Many
health care organizations provide stoma
management and support services. If an organization provides

12. health care information and support related to
stoma management, how important is this to you? by How
satisfied are you with the stoma management and
support information you currently receive?)
c) Provide pivot tables to determine the importance of Q27
through Q30.
d) Provide a pivot table to determine the frequency of those that
have sough help via the internet (Q31).
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Recommendations to the directors of the UON:
Flower and the directors are anxiously awaiting your finding on
the demographic profile of the general ostomy population
within the US and Canada, and whether or not you believe they
should proceed with their plans to restructure the website,
and if yes, to provide recommendations as how to best do this.

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Exhibit 1
UON
Survey questions
Q2. What is today’s date?
_____/_____/____
Mon day year
Q3. I have a
____(1) colostomy stoma
____(2) ileostomy stoma
____(3) urostomy stoma
____(4) I am not certain what it is
____(5) I have multiple stomas
Q4 My ostomy surgery is a result of
___(1) Cancer
___(2) Diverticulitis
___(3) Familial polyposis
___(4) Multiple Sclerosis
___(5) Congenital illness
___(6) Crohn’s Disease

15. ___(7) Ulcerative colitis
___(8) Diabetes
___(9) Accident or injury
___(10) Inflammatory Bowel Disease
___(11) Other, please identify___________________
___(12) I don’t know
Note: for the case study, Q4 responses have been combined
Into three categories of originating diagnosis, cancer, chronic
bowel
disease, and other.
Q5. My stoma is
___(1) permanent
___(2) temporary
Q6. My ostomy surgery was
___(1) planned
___(2) unexpected
Q7. When did you have your initial ostomy surgery?
______Year
______Month
______Date if known (ex: the 17
th
)
Note: Q7, in the data, presents the time since surgery based
upon the response to the question.

16. Q8. How would you describe your health at present?
___(1) I am in very good health
___(2) overall, my health is good
___(3) I am in fair health
___(4) I am in poor health
___(5) I am in very poor health
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Q9. How much do you think having a stoma affects your life?
___(1) has greatly affected my life for the better
___(2) has somewhat had a positive effect on my life
___(3) does not effect my life at all
___(4) has somewhat had a negative effect on my life
___(5) has greatly affected my life for the worse
Q10. Have you adapted to living with a stoma.
____(1) not at all
____(2) somewhat
____(3) quite well
Q11. Do you continue to undergo treatment of the disease or
injury that caused your ostomy surgery.
____(1) yes
____(2) no

17. Q12. Did your spouse/partner, or a family member, learn about
stoma care with you during your
hospitalization?
____(1) yes
____(2) no
Q13. What is your gender?
___Male
___Female
Q14. Because of your ostomy surgery did you need to change
how you go about working (your work
habits)?
___(1) yes
___(2) no
___(3) does not apply
Q15. Because of your ostomy surgery did you need to change
occupations?
___(1) yes
___(2) no
___(3) does not apply
Q16. Are you now
____(1) gainfully employed full time
____(2) gainfully employed but part time
____(3) student; full time
____(4) doing volunteer work
____(5) my illness does not permit any type of work
____(6) unemployed, but not due to my illness
____(7) retired, but not because of health

18. ____(8) other, please explain ________
Q17. Is your annual salary, (money generated only from current
employment)
___(1) less than $20,000
___(2) between $20,000 and $40,000
___(3) between $40,000 and $60,000
___(4) between $60,000 and $80,000
___(5) between $80,000 and $100,000
___(6) over $100,000
___(7) does not apply
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Q18. Do you now require help with the care and management of
your stoma?
____(1) yes
____(2) no
Q19. Do you consider yourself well informed about your
stoma?
____(1) yes
____(2) no
Q22. Do you (check all that apply)

19. ____(1) belong to an ostomy support group
____(2) subscribe to any magazines for ostomates
____(3) read any current ostomy literature
____(4) frequently discuss current ostomy topics
____(5) none of the above
Defined in the data as Q22_1 - Q22_5
Q23. Is your primary source of new ostomy information
____(1) from your ostomy retail supplier
____(2) from an enterostomal therapist
____(3) your doctor
____(4) your doctor’s nurse
____(5) magazines or other literature
____(6) an ostomy support group
____(7) the internet
____(8) I do not have a source of information
____(9) other; please explain________________
Q23_1 - Q23_8
Note: the category other has been removed from the case study
due to non-response in the category.
Q24: The very last time you asked a health care professional
about the management of your stoma, did
you receive useful information?
___(1) Yes
___(2) Yes, but not to my satisfaction
___(3) No

20. ___(4) does not apply
Q25. Many health care organizations provide stoma
management and support services. If an organization
provides health care information and support related to stoma
management, how important is this to
you?
___(1) Very important
___(2) Important
___(3) Neither important or unimportant
___(4) Unimportant
___(5) Very unimportant
Q26: How satisfied are you with the stoma management and
support information you currently receive?
___(1) Very satisfied
___(2) Satisfied
___(3) Neither satisfied or dissatisfied
___(4) Dissatisfied
___(5) Very dissatisfied
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Q27: If a health care organization offered support services for
complications of stoma management such
as skin irritation or infection, hernias, etc., how important is

21. this to you?
___(1) Very important
___(2) Important
___(3) Neither important or unimportant
___(4) Unimportant
___(5) Very unimportant
Q28: If a health care organization offered support with ordering
stoma management products, that is
selection and ordering, how important is this to you?
___(1) Very important
___(2) Important
___(3) Neither important or unimportant
___(4) Unimportant
___(5) Very unimportant
Q29: If a health care organization offered counseling in support
of your stoma management, how
important is this to you?
___(1) Very important
___(2) Important
___(3) Neither important or unimportant
___(4) Unimportant
___(5) Very unimportant
Q30: If a health care organization offered support with health
insurance related to your stoma, how
important is this to you?

22. ___(1) Very important
___(2) Important
___(3) Neither important or unimportant
___(4) Unimportant
___(5) Very unimportant
Q31: Have you ever sought online (internet) help or support for
issues related to your stoma
management?
___(1) Yes, within the past six months
___(2) Yes, but more than six months ago
___(3) No
Q32: In what year were you born?
_____
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Statistics:

23. Identifying the respondent
1: Gender frequency
2: Descriptive statistics of age of respondent
3: Age by gender
4: Surgery resulted in
5: Age by stoma type
6: Type of stoma and originating diagnosis
7: Descriptive statistics of time (years) since surgery
8: Frequency of surgeries performed within three years and
beyond three years of date of surgery
9: Frequency of permanent and temporary stomas
10: Frequency of expected vs unexpected surgeries
11: Current health status
12: Frequency of those continuing to undergo treatment for the
reason(s) that resulted in surgery
13: Cross-tabulated response.
9: How much do you think having a stoma affects your life x
10: Have you adapted to living with a
stoma.
Information status
14: Do you consider yourself well informed about your stoma? x
Do you belong to an ostomy
support group or organization?
15: Do you consider yourself well informed about your stoma? x
Do you subscribe to any
magazines for ostomates?
16: Do you consider yourself well informed about your stoma? x
Do you read any current ostomy
literature?

24. 17: Do you consider yourself well informed about your stoma? x
Do you frequently discuss
current ostomy topics?
18: The very last time you asked a health care professional
about the management of your stoma, did you receive
useful information?
19: Q25: Many health care organizations provide stoma
management and support services. If an organization
provides health care information and support related to stoma
management, how important is this to you? x
Q26:How satisfied are you with the stoma management and
support information you currently receive?
20: If a health care organization offered support services for
complications of stoma management such as skin
irritation or infection, hernias, etc., how important is this to
you?
21: If a health care organization offered support with ordering
stoma management products, that is selection and
ordering, how important is this to you?
22: If a health care organization offered counseling in support
of your stoma management, how important is this
to you?
23: If a health care organization offered support with health
insurance related to your stoma, how important is
this to you?
24: Have you ever sought online (internet) help or support for
issues related to your stoma management?
25: Those seeking on-line help by age category
26: Do you now require help with the care and management of
your stoma?
27: Did your spouse/partner, or a family member, learn about
stoma care with you during your hospitalization?
28: Because of your ostomy surgery did you need to change how
you go about working (your work habits)?
29: Because of your ostomy surgery, did you need to change
occupations?

25. 30: Employment. Are you now….
31: Is your current annual salary (money generated only from
current employment)
Marketing Report 20%
2500 words (+/-10%) correctly referenced. Times New Roman
12pt, Calibri 11pt or Arial 10pt, 1.5 lines spacing, Harvard
(Anglia) references.
Task
Marketing Report for a company – each student has to
nominate a company (the client) for this plan. (My company is
Apple )
Tutor needs to approve the chosen company before the group
can proceed to the next stage
( COMPANY TO DO REPORT IS APPLE )
Purpose
This assessment is designed to apply the knowledge and skills
developed by the students to evaluate external and internal
environment of a company and identify new offering based on
the result of environmental scanning.
Students are required to conduct a SWOT analysis, identifying
the internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities
and threats of the company. The goal of a SWOT analysis is to
identify the critical factors that may affect the proposed
business concept (or new product or new services) and then
build on the strengths to reduce the weaknesses, exploit
opportunities and avoid potential threats.
Students are also expected to identify and describe using
segmenting variables, one target market being served by the

26. nominated client and devise a brief marketing strategies.
· students need to base their marketing report on appropriate
theory and other relevant current market information where
possible.
· Students should support their report with the text and a
minimum of FOUR (4) other academically relevant and
acceptable sources.
· These may include academic journal articles, research reports
and industry analyses, but groups need to be aware of the
validity of sources e.g. an unsupported newspaper article may
not be considered valid.
Suggested Structure of the report
Executive Summary
Section 1 : Introduction and background to the company
Section 2 : Analysis of the marketing environment (external &
Internal)
Section 3 : Recommendation
a. Target Market
b. New product/new services description
c. Marketing Mix relevant strategies
Section 4 : Conclusion
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TotalcancerCol%44.5%19.4%33.3%42.3%Count14761154chroni
c bowel
diseaseCol%43.6%61.3%66.7%45.3%Count144192165otherCol
%11.8%19.4%0.0%12.4%Count39645Total
Col%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%Total Count330313364
Q13Q14q14q13DataNoYesDoes not applyGrand
TotalFemaleCol%62.0%44.3%57.7%55.2%Count1065441201Ma
leCol%38.0%55.7%42.3%44.8%Count656830163Total
Col%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%Total Count17112271364
DataQ7Q7Mean11.1Standard
Error0.7Median6.3Mode0.3Standard Deviation12.4Sample

27. Variance153.6Kurtosis1.6Skewness1.5Range61.2Minimum0.3M
aximum61.5Sum3890.8Count351
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allYes, quite wellNoNoFemaleNoNogainfully employed, but
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$40,000NoYesnonoyesnomagazines or other literatureyesVery
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internetyesVery importantNeither satisfied or
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stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)7.3Overall,
my health is goodDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellNoYesMaleNoNoretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the abovefrom your ostomy
retaileryesImportantNeither satisfied or dissatisfiedNeither
important or unimportantImportantImportantyes, but more than
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stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
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for the betterYes, quite wellNoYesMaleNoNogainfully
employed fulltimeBetween $80,000 and
$100,000NoYesnoyesnonofrom your ostomy retailermagazines
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stomaotherpermanentunexpected0.3Overall, my health is
goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes,
somewhatNoYesFemaleYesDoes not applyunemployed, but not
due to illnessdoes not applyNoYesnononononone of the aboveI
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importantUnimportantyes, within the past 6
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lifeYes, somewhatNoYesMaleDoes not applyDoes not
applyretired, but not due to healthbetween $40,000 and
$60,000YesYesnonoyesnothe internetImportantNeither satisfied
or dissatisfiedImportantImportantVery importantImportantyes,
within the past 6 months19397179/20/07colostomy
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diseasetemporaryunexpected5.3Overall, my health is goodHas
somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes,
somewhatNoNoFemaleNoNoretired, but not due to healthless
than $20,000NoNonononononone of the abovefrom your ostomy
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dissatisfiedImportantImportantVery importantVery
importantno19377389/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)7.3Overall,
my health is goodDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellNoYesFemaleNoNogainfully employed fulltimebetween
$40,000 and $60,000NoYesnoyesyesnofrom your ostomy
retailermagazines or other literatureyesVery
importantSatisfiedNeither important or
unimportantImportantImportantImportantno19515999/20/07ileo
stomy stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel
diseasepermanentunexpected28.3Overall, my health is goodHas
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29. retailermagazines or other literaturenoImportantNeither
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internetyes, but not to my satisfactionVery importantVery
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months195357119/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
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applyretired, but not due to healthdoes not
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ago191793129/30/07colostomy stomacolostomy
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wellYesYesMaleYesYesmy illness does not permit work of any
typedoes not applyYesYesnononononone of the abovethe
internetVery importantVery satisfiedImportantImportantVery
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months196248139/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy stomachronic
bowel diseasepermanentunexpected39.4Overall, my health is
goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoNoMaleNoYesretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoYesnonoyesnofrom your ostomy retailerthe
internetnoVery importantSatisfiedImportantVery
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months194268149/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy stomachronic
bowel diseasepermanentunexpected18.3I am in very good

30. healthHas somewhat had a positive effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoYesFemaleNoNogainfully employed, but part
timebetween $40,000 and $60,000NoYesyesyesnonofrom your
ostomy retaileryesVery importantSatisfiedNeither important or
unimportantVery importantNeither important or
unimportantVery unimportantno195555159/20/07ileostomy
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ostomy informationn/aVery importantVery satisfiedNeither
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unimportantImportantNeither important or
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stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)5.3Overall,
my health is goodDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellNoYesFemaleNoNogainfully employed fulltimebetween
$20,000 and $40,000NoYesyesnonoyesfrom an enterostomal
therapist/ostomy nurseyesVery
importantSatisfiedImportantImportantVery
importantImportantno195456179/20/07ileostomy
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(I knew in advance)28.3I am in very good healthHas somewhat
had a negative effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoYesMaleYesNogainfully employed, but part
timeBetween $60,000 and $80,000NoYesnonoyesnofrom your
ostomy retailerfrom an enterostomal therapist/ostomy
nurseyesVery importantVery satisfiedImportantVery
importantImportantVery importantno194664189/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel
diseasepermanentunexpected3.3Overall, my health is goodHas
somewhat had a positive effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoYesFemaleYesNogainfully employed, but part
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aboveI don't have a source of ostomy

31. informationn/aImportantNeither satisfied or dissatisfiedNeither
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or unimportantyes, within the past 6
months197535199/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy stomachronic
bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)44.4Overall, my health is goodHas greatly affected my
life for the betterYes, quite wellNoYesFemaleNoNogainfully
employed fulltimeBetween $80,000 and
$100,000NoYesyesyesyesnomagazines or other literaturean
ostomy support groupthe internetyesVery importantNeither
satisfied or dissatisfiedNeither important or unimportantNeither
important or unimportantVery unimportantUnimportantyes, but
more than 6 months ago194070209/20/07urostomy
stomaurostomy stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)2.3I am in very good healthDoes not affect my life at
allYes, quite wellNoNoMaleNoNogainfully employed
fulltimeBetween $60,000 and $80,000NoYesnononononone of
the abovemagazines or other literatureyesImportantVery
satisfiedUnimportantUnimportantUnimportantUnimportantyes,
within the past 6 months194664219/20/07colostomy
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(I knew in advance)I am in very good healthDoes not affect my
life at allYes, quite wellNoNoMaleNoNogainfully employed
fulltimebetween $40,000 and $60,000NoYesnononononone of
the aboveI don't have a source of ostomy informationn/aVery
importantDo not receive
anyImportantImportantImportantNeither important or
unimportantno196149229/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)24.3Overall, my health is poorDoes not affect my life
at allYes, quite wellNoNoFemaleYesNootherdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the aboveI don't have a source of
ostomy informationn/aImportantDo not receive
anyImportantVery
importantImportantImportantno194961239/20/07ileostomy

32. stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel
diseasepermanentunexpected0.3Overall, my health is goodHas
somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes,
somewhatYesYesFemaleYesNounemployed, but not due to
illnessdoes not applyNoYesyesnoyesnoan ostomy support
groupthe internetnoVery importantSatisfiedImportantVery
importantNeither important or unimportantImportantyes, within
the past 6 months196248249/20/07urostomy stomaurostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)6.3I am in
very good healthHas greatly affected my life for the betterYes,
quite wellNoYesMaleNoNoretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the abovefrom your ostomy
retaileryesImportantVery satisfiedNeither important or
unimportantNeither important or unimportantNeither important
or unimportantNeither important or
unimportantno194565259/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentunexpected10.3Overall,
my health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, somewhatNoNoMaleYesNoretired, but not due to
healthbetween $20,000 and $40,000NoYesnonoyesnothe
internetyes, but not to my
satisfactionImportantDissatisfiedImportantImportantImportantN
either important or unimportantyes, within the past 6
months194367269/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentunexpected2.3Overall, my health is
goodHas greatly affected my life for the worseNot at
allNoYesMaleYesYesgainfully employed fulltimebetween
$20,000 and $40,000NoYesnononononone of the abovefrom
your ostomy retailernoVery importantVery dissatisfiedVery
importantVery importantVery importantVery
importantno195456279/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)8.3I am in
very good healthDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellNoYesFemaleNoNogainfully employed, but part
timebetween $20,000 and $40,000NoYesnonoyesnofrom your
ostomy retaileryesVery importantSatisfiedVery

33. importantImportantVery
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wellNoYesFemaleDoes not applyNounemployed, but not due to
illnessdoes not applyNoYesyesnononothe
internetyesImportantSatisfiedImportantImportantNeither
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ago195654299/20/07multiplemultiplecancerpermanentexpected
(I knew in advance)7.3Overall, my health is goodHas somewhat
had a negative effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoYesMaleYesYesgainfully employed fulltimebetween
$40,000 and $60,000NoYesnonoyesnoI don't have a source of
ostomy informationn/aImportantDo not receive
anyImportantImportantVery importantVery
importantno196743302/20/07urostomy stomaurostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)8.3Overall,
my health is goodDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellNoNoMaleNoNoretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoYesnonoyesnofrom your ostomy retaileryour
doctornoVery importantSatisfiedVery
importantImportantNeither important or unimportantNeither
important or unimportantno192783319/29/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel
diseasetemporary9.3Overall, my health is goodHas somewhat
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not applyDoes not applyretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoYesnononoyesfrom your ostomy
retailerSatisfiedImportantVery
importantImportantImportantno192585329/20/07colostomy
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my health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, quite wellNoYesMaleYesYesmy illness does not permit
work of any typedoes not applyNoYesyesnoyesyesfrom an
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34. internetyesVery importantSatisfiedImportantVery
importantVery importantVery importantyes, within the past 6
months195654333/16/07urostomy stomaurostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)2.3Overall,
my health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, somewhatNoYesMaleYesNogainfully employed
fulltimegreater than $100,000NoNonononononone of the
aboveyour doctor's nurseyes, but not to my satisfactionVery
importantNeither satisfied or dissatisfiedVery importantVery
importantImportantNeither important or
unimportantno195258349/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomaotherpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)3.3Overall,
my health is poorHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, somewhatNoYesFemaleYesDoes not applyretired, but
not due to healthdoes not applyYesNononoyesnomagazines or
other literaturenoVery importantSatisfiedVery importantVery
importantVery importantVery
importantno194169359/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)16.3Overall, my health is goodHas greatly affected my
life for the worseYes, quite wellNoYesMaleYesYesgainfully
employed, but part timeless than $20,000yesnononofrom your
ostomy retaileryesNeither important or unimportantVery
satisfiedNeither important or
unimportantImportantImportantImportantno194664369/20/07ile
ostomy stomaileostomy stomacancerpermanentunexpected3.3I
am in very good healthHas greatly affected my life for the
betterYes, quite wellNoNoFemaleNoNogainfully employed, but
part timeless than $20,000Nonononononone of the abovefrom
your ostomy retaileryes, but not to my satisfactionVery
importantSatisfiedVery importantVery importantVery
importantImportantno19723837ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentunexpected19.3Overall,
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quite wellNoYesFemaleNoNogainfully employed
fulltimebetween $20,000 and $40,000NoYesnononononone of

35. the abovethe internetyesVery importantVery satisfiedVery
importantNeither important or unimportantVery
importantNeither important or unimportantyes, within the past 6
months196743389/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasetemporaryunexpected0.3Overall, my
health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, somewhatNoYesMaleYesNounemployed, but not due to
illnessNoYesnononononone of the abovefrom an enterostomal
therapist/ostomy nurseyour doctoryesImportantNeither satisfied
or dissatisfiedImportantImportantVery importantNeither
important or unimportantyes, within the past 6
months195159399/20/07urostomy stomaurostomy
stomaotherpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)45.4Overall,
my health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, quite wellNoNoMaleYesDoes not applyotherdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the abovemagazines or other
literaturenoVery importantVery satisfiedVery importantVery
importantVery importantVery
importantno194862409/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasetemporaryexpected (I knew in
advance)9.3Overall, my health is goodDoes not affect my life at
allYes, quite wellNoNoMaleNoNodoing volunteer workdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the aboveI don't have a source of
ostomy informationn/aNeither important or unimportantDo not
receive anyNeither important or unimportantImportantNeither
important or unimportantNeither important or
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stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)11.3Overall, my health is goodHas somewhat had a
negative effect on my lifeYes, quite wellNoNoMaleYesDoes not
applyretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the abovethe
internetnoImportantSatisfiedImportantVery importantVery
importantVery importantyes, but more than 6 months
ago193377429/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentunexpected0.3Has somewhat had a

36. negative effect on my lifeYes, somewhatYesYesFemaleDoes not
applyDoes not applyretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the abovefrom your ostomy
retailerfrom an enterostomal therapist/ostomy nursethe
internetyes, but not to my satisfactionVery
importantSatisfiedVery importantVery importantVery
importantVery importantyes, within the past 6
months194763439/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
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$100,000NoYesnononononone of the abovethe internetyesVery
importantSatisfiedImportantVery importantVery importantVery
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months195258449/20/07urostomy stomaurostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)2.3Overall,
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lifeYes, quite wellNoNoFemaleNoNogainfully employed
fulltimegreater than $100,000NoNononoyesnofrom your ostomy
retaileryes, but not to my satisfactionNeither important or
unimportantNeither satisfied or dissatisfiedImportantVery
importantNeither important or
unimportantImportantno192486459/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected
(I knew in advance)39.4I am in very good healthHas greatly
affected my life for the betterYes, quite
wellNoYesMaleNoNoretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the aboveVery
importantSatisfiedNeither important or unimportantVery
importantImportantVery importantno193674469/20/07colostomy
stomacolostomy stomachronic bowel
diseasepermanentunexpected32.4I am in very good healthDoes
not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellNoNoFemaleNoNogainfully employed fulltimebetween
$40,000 and $60,000NoYesnononononone of the abovefrom
your ostomy retailerfrom an enterostomal therapist/ostomy

37. nurseyesNeither important or unimportantSatisfiedNeither
important or unimportantNeither important or
unimportantImportantNeither important or
unimportantno194268479/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
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advance)2.3Overall, my health is poorHas somewhat had a
positive effect on my lifeYes, somewhatYesYesFemaleDoes not
applyDoes not applymy illness does not permit work of any
typedoes not applyNoYesnoyesyesnomagazines or other
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importantSatisfiedImportantVery importantVery
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stomacolostomy stomachronic bowel
diseaseunexpected0.3Overall, my health is goodHas greatly
affected my life for the worseNot at allNoNoFemaleDoes not
applyDoes not applyretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoNonononononone of the aboveI don't have a source of
ostomy informationnoDo not receive anyVery importantVery
importantVery importantVery
importantno192783499/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)2.3I am in very good healthDoes not affect my life at
allYes, quite wellNoNoMaleNoNogainfully employed
fulltimeBetween $80,000 and $100,000NoYesnoyesyesnofrom
your ostomy retailermagazines or other literaturethe
internetnoVery importantVery satisfiedVery importantVery
importantNeither important or unimportantVery importantyes,
but more than 6 months ago195654509/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel
diseasepermanentunexpected48.4Overall, my health is goodHas
somewhat had a positive effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoNoMaleYesDoes not applygainfully employed
fulltimegreater than $100,000NoNonononononone of the
abovefrom your ostomy retailerI don't have a source of ostomy
informationnoVery importantDo not receive
anyImportantImportantNeither important or

38. unimportantImportantno194664519/20/07ileostomy
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$20,000 and $40,000NoYesnoyesyesnothe internetyesVery
importantNeither satisfied or dissatisfiedVery importantVery
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months198030529/20/07urostomy stomaurostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)5.3Overall,
my health is poorHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, quite wellNoYesFemaleDoes not applyDoes not
applyretired, but not due to healthdoes not
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ostomy informationn/aImportantDo not receive
anyImportantUnimportantNeither important or
unimportantNeither important or
unimportantno192783539/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancertemporaryunexpected3.3I am in very good
healthHas somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes, quite
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stomachronic bowel diseasetemporaryexpected (I knew in
advance)3.3Overall, my health is goodHas somewhat had a
negative effect on my lifeYes, quite wellNoNoFemaleDoes not
applyDoes not applymy illness does not permit work of any
typedoes not applyNoYesnonoyesnomagazines or other
literatureyesVery importantDissatisfiedVery importantVery
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importantno193773559/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentunexpected29.3I am in
very good healthHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, quite wellNoYesFemaleYesNogainfully employed

39. fulltimebetween $40,000 and $60,000NoYesnononononone of
the abovethe internetVery
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months196050569/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
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illness does not permit work of any typedoes not
applyNoYesnonoyesnofrom your ostomy retaileryesVery
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wellNoNoFemaleNoDoes not applygainfully employed
fulltimebetween $20,000 and $40,000NoNonononononone of the
aboveI don't have a source of ostomy informationn/aVery
importantDo not receive anyImportantVery importantVery
importantVery importantno195852589/20/07colostomy
stomacolostomy stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in
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allYes, quite wellYesYesFemaleDoes not applyDoes not
applyotherdoes not applyNoYesnononononone of the abovefrom
your ostomy retailerthe internetyesVery
importantSatisfiedImportantVery importantVery importantVery
importantyes, but more than 6 months
ago194268599/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)3.3Overall,
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lifeYes, quite wellNoYesFemaleYesNootherdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the abovefrom your ostomy
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40. stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)3.3Overall,
my health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, quite wellNoYesFemaleNoNogainfully employed
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your ostomy retailermagazines or other literaturean ostomy
support groupthe internetyes, but not to my satisfactionVery
importantSatisfiedImportantVery importantVery
importantImportantyes, within the past 6
months195753619/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy stomachronic
bowel diseaseexpected (I knew in advance)21.3Overall, my
health is goodFemaleYesNodoing volunteer workdoes not
applyNoYesnoyesnonomagazines or other
literaturenoImportantVery satisfiedNeither important or
unimportantVery importantVery importantNeither important or
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stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)6.3Overall,
my health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, quite wellNoNoFemaleNoNogainfully employed
fulltimebetween $40,000 and $60,000NoYesnonoyesnothe
internetyesVery importantSatisfiedImportantImportantVery
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months194664639/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy stomachronic
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healthHas somewhat had a positive effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellYesYesMaleYesNogainfully employed fulltimeless than
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internetImportantSatisfiedNeither important or unimportantVery
importantUnimportantVery importantyes, within the past 6
months195060649/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy stomachronic
bowel diseasepermanentunexpected0.3I am in very good
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internetyesVery importantSatisfiedVery importantVery
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41. months197238659/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
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goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes,
somewhatNoNoFemaleDoes not applyDoes not applydoing
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abovefrom your ostomy retaileryesVery importantVery
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retaileryesNeither important or unimportantNeither satisfied or
dissatisfiedNeither important or
unimportantUnimportantUnimportantImportantno195060679/20/
07ileostomy stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel
diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in advance)5.3Overall, my
health is goodHas greatly affected my life for the betterYes,
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months195654689/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy stomachronic
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positive effect on my lifeYes, quite
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timeBetween $60,000 and $80,000NoYesnononononone of the
abovefrom your ostomy retailerthe internetyesVery
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importantVery importantNeither important or unimportantyes,
but more than 6 months
ago196545699/20/07multiplemultiplecancerpermanentexpected
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42. applyNoYesnoyesnonothe internetyes, but not to my
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months193971709/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
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health is poorHas greatly affected my life for the worseNot at
allNoYesFemaleYesNogainfully employed, but part
timebetween $20,000 and $40,000NoNonononononone of the
aboveI don't have a source of ostomy informationnoVery
importantDo not receive anyVery importantVery importantVery
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negative effect on my lifeYes, somewhatNoNoMaleYesYesmy
illness does not permit work of any typedoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the abovefrom your ostomy
retailerVery importantNeither satisfied or
dissatisfiedImportantImportantVery importantNeither important
or unimportantno195060729/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)14.3Overall, my health is goodHas somewhat had a
negative effect on my lifeYes,
somewhatNoYesMaleNoNogainfully employed fulltimebetween
$20,000 and $40,000NoYesnononononone of the aboveI don't
have a source of ostomy informationyesVery importantDo not
receive anyVery importantVery importantImportantVery
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stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
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life for the betterYes, quite wellYesYesFemaleYesNootherdoes
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literaturethe internetyesImportantSatisfiedNeither important or
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43. months197040749/22/07ileostomy stomaileostomy stomachronic
bowel diseasepermanentunexpected25.3Overall, my health is
goodHas greatly affected my life for the betterYes, quite
wellYesYesFemaleNoNoretired, but not due to healthbetween
$20,000 and $40,000NoYesnoyesnonofrom your ostomy
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importantSatisfiedVery importantVery importantVery
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advance)0.3Overall, my health is poorHas somewhat had a
positive effect on my lifeYes, somewhatYesYesFemaleYesDoes
not applygainfully employed, but part timebetween $20,000 and
$40,000NoYesnoyesyesyesfrom an enterostomal
therapist/ostomy nurseyour doctoryour doctor's nurseyesVery
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advance)12.3I am in very poor healthHas somewhat had a
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importantVery importantno192783779/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)4.3Overall, my health is poorHas somewhat had a
negative effect on my lifeYes, quite wellNoYesMaleDoes not
applyDoes not applyretired, but not due to healthdoes not
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past 6 months192486789/21/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)24.3Overall, my health is poorHas somewhat had a
negative effect on my lifeYes, quite wellNoNoFemaleYesDoes
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44. ostomy retaileryour doctorthe internetyesVery importantNeither
satisfied or dissatisfiedVery importantVery importantVery
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months194763799/20/07multiplemultipleotherpermanentexpecte
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somewhatNoYesMaleDoes not applyDoes not applyretired, but
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nurseyes, but not to my satisfactionVery importantVery
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stomaotherpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)0.3Overall,
my health is goodHas greatly affected my life for the betterYes,
quite wellYesYesFemaleNoDoes not applyotherdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the aboveyour doctoryes, but not
to my satisfactionVery importantVery satisfiedVery
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stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected
(I knew in advance)32.4Overall, my health is goodHas
somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoNoMaleDoes not applyDoes not applygainfully employed
fulltimebetween $40,000 and $60,000NoYesnononononone of
the aboveI don't have a source of ostomy informationnoNeither
important or unimportantDo not receive anyImportantVery
importantNeither important or
unimportantImportantno195753829/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel
diseasepermanentunexpected8.3I am in very good healthHas
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wellNoYesFemaleNoNogainfully employed fulltimebetween
$40,000 and $60,000NoYesnonoyesnomagazines or other
literatureyesImportantSatisfiedNeither important or
unimportantVery unimportantVery unimportantVery
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stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentunexpected3.3Overall, my

45. health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, somewhatYesNoFemaleYesNoretired, but not due to
healthbetween $20,000 and $40,000NoYesyesnoyesnomagazines
or other literaturean ostomy support
groupyesImportantSatisfiedImportantImportantImportantImport
antyes, within the past 6 months193872849/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected
(I knew in advance)0.3Overall, my health is goodHas greatly
affected my life for the betterYes, quite
wellYesNoFemaleNoNogainfully employed fulltimebetween
$20,000 and $40,000NoYesnononononone of the abovethe
internetVery importantSatisfiedVery importantVery
importantVery importantVery importantyes, within the past 6
months196347859/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentunexpected11.3I am in very good
healthDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellNoNoFemaleNoNodoing volunteer workdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the aboveI don't have a source of
ostomy informationNeither important or unimportantDo not
receive anyNeither important or unimportantImportantNeither
important or unimportantNeither important or
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healthHas greatly affected my life for the worseYes,
somewhatNoYesMaleYesNogainfully employed, but part
timeless than $20,000NoYesyesnoyesnothe internetyes, but not
to my satisfactionVery importantNeither satisfied or
dissatisfiedVery importantVery importantVery importantVery
importantyes, within the past 6
months193674879/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)17.3Overall,
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lifeYes, quite wellNoNoMaleNoNogainfully employed, but part
timeless than $20,000NoYesyesnononoan ostomy support
groupyesVery importantVery satisfiedVery importantVery
importantImportantImportantno194466889/20/07colostomy

46. stomacolostomy stomaothertemporaryunexpected4.3Overall, my
health is poorHas greatly affected my life for the worseYes,
somewhatYesYesFemaleDoes not applyDoes not applyotherless
than $20,000NoNononoyesnothe internetyes, but not to my
satisfactionVery importantSatisfiedVery importantVery
importantVery importantVery importantyes, within the past 6
months196248899/20/07urostomy stomaurostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)0.3Overall,
my health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, quite wellNoNoMaleNoNogainfully employed
fulltimebetween $40,000 and $60,000NoYesnononononone of
the abovemagazines or other literatureyesVery importantVery
satisfiedImportantVery importantImportantNeither important or
unimportantyes, within the past 6
months193575909/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentunexpected0.3Overall, my health is
goodDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellYesNoFemaleDoes not applyDoes not applyunemployed,
but not due to illnessdoes not applyNoNonononononone of the
abovefrom your ostomy retailerthe internetyesVery
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months194961919/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)0.3Overall,
my health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, somewhatNoYesMaleDoes not applyDoes not
applyretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the aboveI don't have a source of
ostomy informationn/aVery importantDo not receive
anyImportantVery importantVery importantVery importantyes,
but more than 6 months ago193971929/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected
(I knew in advance)0.3Overall, my health is goodHas greatly
affected my life for the betterYes, quite
wellNoYesMaleYesDoes not applyretired, but not due to
healthbetween $20,000 and $40,000NoYesnonoyesnoI don't

47. have a source of ostomy informationn/aDo not receive
anyUnimportantImportantImportantNeither important or
unimportantyes, but more than 6 months
ago193080939/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomaotherpermanentunexpected8.3Overall, my health is
goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoYesFemaleDoes not applyDoes not applyotherdoes not
applyNoYesnonoyesnothe internetyes, but not to my
satisfactionVery importantDissatisfiedVery importantVery
importantNeither important or unimportantNeither important or
unimportantyes, within the past 6
months194862949/20/07urostomy stomaurostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)0.3I am in
very good healthDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellNoYesMaleNoNoretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the aboveI don't have a source of
ostomy informationyesImportantDo not receive
anyImportantUnimportantVery unimportantVery
unimportantyes, within the past 6
months194070959/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy stomachronic
bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in advance)16.3I am
in very good healthHas greatly affected my life for the
betterYes, quite wellNoNoFemaleNoNogainfully employed
fulltimebetween $20,000 and $40,000NoYesnononononone of
the abovefrom your ostomy retailerthe internetNeither important
or unimportantNeither satisfied or dissatisfiedNeither important
or unimportantVery importantNeither important or
unimportantVery importantyes, within the past 6
months196149969/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy stomachronic
bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)29.3Overall, my health is goodDoes not affect my life
at allYes, quite wellNoNoMaleNoNoretired, but not due to
healthbetween $40,000 and $60,000NoYesnononononone of the
aboveI don't have a source of ostomy informationn/aNeither
important or unimportantDo not receive
anyUnimportantImportantNeither important or

48. unimportantNeither important or
unimportantno193971979/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasetemporaryexpected (I knew in
advance)0.3I am in very good healthHas greatly affected my life
for the betterYes, quite wellNoNoFemaleNoNogainfully
employed fulltimebetween $40,000 and
$60,000NoYesnononononone of the aboveyour doctor's nursethe
internetyesVery importantSatisfiedImportantImportantNeither
important or unimportantImportantyes, within the past 6
months196446989/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomaotherpermanentunexpected6.3Overall, my health is
poorHas somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes,
somewhatNoYesFemaleYesNoretired, but not due to healthdoes
not applyNoYesnononononone of the abovethe internetyesVery
importantNeither satisfied or dissatisfiedNeither important or
unimportantNeither important or unimportantNeither important
or unimportantyes, within the past 6
months194169999/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)19.3Overall,
my health is goodHas greatly affected my life for the betterYes,
quite wellNoNoFemaleNoNoretired, but not due to healthdoes
not applyNoYesyesnononomagazines or other literatureyesVery
importantSatisfiedVery importantImportantNeither important or
unimportantNeither important or
unimportantno1937731009/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancertemporaryunexpected5.3Overall, my health is
goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoNoMaleYesNogainfully employed fulltimebetween
$40,000 and $60,000NoYesnononononone of the aboveI don't
have a source of ostomy informationn/aImportantDo not receive
anyNeither important or unimportantNeither important or
unimportantImportantImportantno1957531019/19/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomacancerpermanentunexpected13.3Overall,
my health is goodDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellNoYesMaleNoDoes not applyretired, but not due to
healthdoes not applyNoYesnononononone of the

49. aboveyesNeither important or unimportantSatisfiedNeither
important or unimportantVery
importantno1926841029/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)0.3Overall,
my health is goodHas somewhat had a positive effect on my
lifeYes, quite wellNoNoMaleNoNootherless than
$20,000NoYesnonoyesnomagazines or other literatureyesVery
importantNeither satisfied or dissatisfiedImportantVery
importantVery importantImportantyes, within the past 6
months1932781039/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)6.3Overall, my health is goodHas greatly affected my
life for the betterYes, somewhatNoYesFemaleNoNogainfully
employed, but part timeless than $20,000NoYesnononononone
of the abovefrom your ostomy retaileryesVery importantNeither
satisfied or dissatisfiedVery importantNeither important or
unimportantUnimportantUnimportantno1970401049/20/07ileost
omy stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel
diseasepermanentunexpected19.3I am in very good healthDoes
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but not due to healthdoes not applyNoYesnoyesnonofrom your
ostomy retaileryesNeither important or unimportantNeither
satisfied or dissatisfiedNeither important or unimportantNeither
important or unimportantNeither important or
unimportantNeither important or
unimportantno1939711059/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)9.3Overall,
my health is goodDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellNoNoFemaleDoes not applyDoes not applyretired, but not
due to healthdoes not applyNoYesnonoyesnofrom your ostomy
retailernoNeither important or unimportantVery satisfiedNeither
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unimportantNeither important or
unimportantImportantno1933771069/20/07colostomy
stomacolostomy stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)24.3I am in very good healthHas somewhat had a

50. negative effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoYesMaleNoNoretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoYesnonoyesnomagazines or other
literatureyesImportantVery satisfiedNeither important or
unimportantImportantVery
importantImportantno1933771079/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel
diseasepermanentunexpected40.4Overall, my health is goodHas
greatly affected my life for the betterYes, quite
wellNoYesFemaleNoNoretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the abovefrom your ostomy
retaileryesVery importantVery importantVery importantVery
importantno1939711089/20/07urostomy stomaurostomy
stomaotherpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)39.4Overall,
my health is goodHas greatly affected my life for the betterYes,
quite wellNoNoFemaleNoNounemployed, but not due to
illnessdoes not applyNoNonononononone of the aboveI don't
have a source of ostomy informationnoVery importantDo not
receive anyUnimportantImportantUnimportantNeither important
or unimportantyes, within the past 6
months1953571099/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)18.3Overall, my health is goodDoes not affect my life
at allYes, quite wellYesYesFemaleNoNogainfully employed, but
part timeless than $20,000NoYesnononononone of the
abovefrom your ostomy retaileryesVery importantVery
satisfiedVery importantVery importantImportantNeither
important or unimportantno1965451109/20/07colostomy
stomacolostomy stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)5.3Overall, my health is poorHas somewhat had a
negative effect on my lifeYes, somewhatYesYesMaleYesDoes
not applyotherdoes not applyNoYesnononononone of the
aboveVery importantVery dissatisfiedVery importantVery
importantVery importantVery
importantno1946641119/20/07urostomy stomaurostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)2.3Overall,

51. my health is goodDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellYesNoMaleDoes not applyDoes not applyretired, but not
due to healthdoes not applyNoYesyesnononoan ostomy support
groupyesImportantSatisfiedImportantVery importantNeither
important or
unimportantImportantno1935751129/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected
(I knew in advance)40.4I am in very good healthHas greatly
affected my life for the betterYes, quite
wellNoYesMaleNoNoretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoYesnonoyesnomagazines or other literaturethe
internetVery importantVery satisfiedVery
importantImportantNeither important or
unimportantUnimportantno1939711139/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomacancerpermanentunexpected13.3Overall,
my health is goodDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellNoNoMaleYesYesotherless than
$20,000NoYesnononononone of the abovefrom your ostomy
retaileryesImportantSatisfiedNeither important or
unimportantImportantNeither important or
unimportantImportantno1929811149/20/07multiplemultiplecanc
erpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)29.3Overall, my health
is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes,
somewhatNoNoFemaleNoDoes not applyretired, but not due to
healthdoes not applyNoYesnononononone of the aboveyour
doctorthe internetyes, but not to my satisfactionVery
importantNeither satisfied or dissatisfiedVery importantVery
importantVery
importantImportantno1941691159/20/07colostomy
stomacolostomy stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)3.3Overall, my health is goodHas somewhat had a
negative effect on my lifeYes, quite wellYesNoFemaleDoes not
applyDoes not applyunemployed, but not due to illnessdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the abovefrom your ostomy
retailernoVery importantSatisfiedImportantVery importantVery
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52. months195654116colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentunexpected0.3Overall, my health is
goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellYesYesMaleDoes not applyNoretired, but not due to
healthYesYesnononononone of the aboveyour doctoryour
doctor's nursethe internetyes, but not to my
satisfactionImportantSatisfiedImportantVery
importantImportantImportantyes, within the past 6
months1943671179/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomaotherpermanentunexpected3.3Overall, my health is
goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellYesYesFemaleDoes not applyDoes not applyotherdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the abovefrom your ostomy
retaileryesVery importantVery satisfiedNeither important or
unimportantVery importantVery importantUnimportantyes,
within the past 6 months1963471189/20/07colostomy
stomacolostomy stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)12.3Overall, my health is goodDoes not affect my life
at allYes, quite wellNoYesFemaleYesNogainfully employed
fulltimebetween $40,000 and $60,000NoYesnonoyesnothe
internetyesImportantSatisfiedNeither important or
unimportantVery importantVery importantVery importantyes,
within the past 6 months1950601199/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected
(I knew in advance)21.3Overall, my health is poorHas
somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes,
somewhatYesNoFemaleYesYesotherbetween $20,000 and
$40,000NoYesnonoyesnothe internetyes, but not to my
satisfactionVery importantNeither satisfied or dissatisfiedVery
importantVery importantVery importantImportantyes, within the
past 6 months1953571209/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)3.3Overall, my health is poorHas greatly affected my
life for the betterYes, quite wellNoYesFemaleDoes not
applyDoes not applyretired, but not due to healthdoes not
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53. support groupthe internetyesImportantVery
satisfiedImportantImportantVery importantImportantyes, within
the past 6 months1930801219/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)5.3Overall,
my health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, somewhatNoNoFemaleNoNogainfully employed, but
part timedoes not applyNoYesnononononone of the abovefrom
your ostomy retaileryes, but not to my satisfactionVery
importantNeither satisfied or
dissatisfiedImportantImportantImportantImportantno195060122
9/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)0.3I am in
very good healthHas somewhat had a positive effect on my
lifeYes, quite wellNoYesMaleNoNogainfully employed
fulltimegreater than $100,000NoYesnononononone of the
abovethe internetyesVery importantSatisfiedVery
importantImportantImportantImportantyes, within the past 6
months1966441239/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)3.3I am in
very good healthDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellYesYesMaleNoNoretired, but not due to healthbetween
$20,000 and $40,000NoYesnonoyesnomagazines or other
literaturethe internetImportantSatisfiedNeither important or
unimportantImportantImportantImportantyes, within the past 6
months1947631249/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)2.3I am in
very good healthDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellNoYesFemaleNoNogainfully employed fulltimeless than
$20,000NoYesnononononone of the abovefrom an enterostomal
therapist/ostomy nurseyesVery importantSatisfiedVery
importantVery importantImportantVery
importantno1947631259/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)4.3Overall,
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lifeYes, quite wellNoYesMaleNoNogainfully employed, but part
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54. doctoryesVery importantVery satisfiedVery
importantImportantImportantImportantyes, within the past 6
months1941691269/19/07urostomy stomaurostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)0.3I am in
very good healthDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellNoYesMaleDoes not applyDoes not applyretired, but not
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retailerfrom an enterostomal therapist/ostomy nurseyour
doctor's nursemagazines or other literaturean ostomy support
groupthe internetyesNeither important or unimportantVery
satisfiedUnimportantImportantUnimportantImportantyes, within
the past 6 months1931791279/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)26.3Overall, my health is goodHas somewhat had a
positive effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoNoFemaleNoNogainfully employed, but part timeless
than $20,000NoYesnoyesnonomagazines or other
literatureyesVery importantSatisfiedImportantImportantVery
importantNeither important or
unimportantno1952581289/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomaotherpermanentunexpected4.3Overall, my health is
goodHas greatly affected my life for the worseYes,
somewhatYesYesMaleYesNootherdoes not
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ostomy informationnoVery importantVery dissatisfiedVery
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importantno1941691299/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)27.3Overall, my health is goodDoes not affect my life
at allYes, quite wellNoNoMaleNoNoretired, but not due to
healthdoes not applyNoYesnononononone of the abovefrom
your ostomy retailernoImportantVery satisfiedNeither important
or unimportantNeither important or unimportantNeither
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55. advance)6.3I am in very good healthDoes not affect my life at
allYes, quite wellNoYesFemaleNoNoretired, but not due to
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retailermagazines or other literaturethe internetyesVery
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or unimportantyes, within the past 6
months1944661319/19/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)Overall, my
health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, somewhatNoNoFemaleYesYesretired, but not due to
healthdoes not applyNoNonononononone of the aboveI don't
have a source of ostomy informationyesVery importantDo not
receive anyVery importantVery importantVery importantVery
importantno1953571329/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)2.3Overall,
my health is goodHas greatly affected my life for the betterYes,
quite wellYesYesFemaleNoNomy illness does not permit work
of any typedoes not applyNoYesnonoyesyesthe internetyesVery
importantNeither satisfied or dissatisfiedVery importantVery
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months1962481339/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)31.3Overall, my health is goodHas greatly affected my
life for the betterYes, quite wellYesYesMaleNoNogainfully
employed fulltimegreater than
$100,000NoYesyesyesyesnomagazines or other literaturean
ostomy support groupthe internetImportantSatisfiedNeither
important or unimportantUnimportantUnimportantNeither
important or unimportantyes, within the past 6
months1947631349/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomaotherpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)8.3Overall,
my health is goodDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellNoYesFemaleYesNootherdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the aboveI don't have a source of
ostomy informationyesVery importantDo not receive anyVery

56. importantImportantVery
importantImportantno1964461359/20/07ileostomy
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(I knew in advance)27.3Overall, my health is goodHas greatly
affected my life for the betterYes, quite
wellYesNoMaleNoNomy illness does not permit work of any
typedoes not applyNoYesnonoyesnonoImportantVery
satisfiedNeither important or unimportantVery
importantImportantImportantno1963471369/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected
(I knew in advance)16.3I am in very good healthHas greatly
affected my life for the betterYes, quite
wellNoYesFemaleNoNogainfully employed, but part
timebetween $20,000 and $40,000NoYesyesyesyesyesan ostomy
support groupyes, but not to my satisfactionVery importantVery
satisfiedVery importantNeither important or
unimportantImportantNeither important or
unimportantno1975351379/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentunexpected53.4Overall,
my health is poorHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, quite wellNoNoFemaleNoNoretired, but not due to
healthbetween $20,000 and $40,000NoYesyesnoyesnofrom your
ostomy retaileryour doctormagazines or other literaturean
ostomy support groupthe internetnoVery importantVery
satisfiedNeither important or
unimportantImportantImportantImportantyes, within the past 6
months1934761389/21/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)28.3Overall, my health is goodDoes not affect my life
at allYes, quite wellNoNoFemaleYesYesmy illness does not
permit work of any typedoes not applyNoNonononononone of
the aboveI don't have a source of ostomy informationnoVery
importantDissatisfiedNeither important or
unimportantImportantNeither important or unimportantNeither
important or unimportantno1949611399/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected

57. (I knew in advance)22.3Has greatly affected my life for the
betterYes, quite wellNoYesFemaleDoes not applyNoretired, but
not due to healthdoes not applyNoYesyesyesnoyesfrom your
ostomy retailerfrom an enterostomal therapist/ostomy
nursemagazines or other literatureyesImportantSatisfiedNeither
important or unimportantNeither important or
unimportantNeither important or
unimportantno1926841409/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)0.3Overall,
my health is goodDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellYesNoFemaleNoNogainfully employed, but part
timeBetween $60,000 and $80,000NoYesnononononone of the
abovethe internetyesVery importantSatisfiedVery
importantNeither important or unimportantImportantNeither
important or unimportantyes, within the past 6
months1951591419/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomaotherpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)2.3I am in
very good healthDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellNoNoFemaleYesNogainfully employed fulltimegreater than
$100,000NoYesnononononone of the abovethe internetnoVery
importantVery satisfiedImportantNeither important or
unimportantNeither important or unimportantImportantyes,
within the past 6 months1946641429/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel
diseasepermanentunexpected2.3Overall, my health is goodHas
greatly affected my life for the worseYes, quite
wellYesNoFemaleYesNounemployed, but not due to illnessdoes
not applyNoYesnononononone of the abovethe internetyesVery
importantDissatisfiedVery importantNeither important or
unimportantNeither important or unimportantNeither important
or unimportantyes, within the past 6
months1966441439/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)6.3Overall,
my health is goodDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellNoYesFemaleDoes not applyDoes not applyretired, but not
due to healthdoes not applyNoYesnoyesyesnofrom your ostomy

58. retaileryesImportantVery satisfiedImportantImportantVery
importantVery importantyes, within the past 6
months1936741449/20/07urostomy stomaurostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)8.3Overall,
my health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, quite wellNoNoMaleYesNogainfully employed
fulltimebetween $20,000 and $40,000NoYesnononononone of
the aboveI don't have a source of ostomy informationyesVery
importantDo not receive anyImportantImportantNeither
important or
unimportantImportantno1939711459/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected
(I knew in advance)15.3I am in very good healthHas greatly
affected my life for the betterYes, quite
wellNoNoFemaleNoNogainfully employed, but part
timebetween $20,000 and $40,000NoYesnononononone of the
aboveI don't have a source of ostomy
informationnoImportantDo not receive anyNeither important or
unimportantVery importantVery importantVery
importantno1947631469/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomaotherpermanentunexpected7.3Overall, my health is
poorHas somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes,
somewhatNoYesMaleDoes not applyDoes not applymy illness
does not permit work of any typedoes not
applyYesYesnononononone of the abovefrom your ostomy
retailerVery importantSatisfiedNeither important or
unimportantVery importantImportantNeither important or
unimportantno1934761473/17/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomaotherpermanentunexpected4.3Overall, my health is
goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoYesFemaleDoes not applyNootherless than
$20,000NoYesnonoyesnomagazines or other
literatureImportantSatisfiedImportantVery importantVery
importantno194169148colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)0.3Overall,
my health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my

59. lifeYes, quite wellNoYesFemaleNoNoretired, but not due to
healthdoes not applyNoYesnononononone of the aboveI don't
have a source of ostomy informationyesImportantDo not receive
anyImportantImportantVery
importantImportantno1935751499/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomacancerpermanentunexpected2.3Overall,
my health is goodHas greatly affected my life for the worseYes,
somewhatNoYesMaleYesNoretired, but not due to healthdoes
not applyYesYesnonoyesnofrom your ostomy
retaileryesImportantNeither satisfied or
dissatisfiedImportantVery
importantImportantImportantno1936741509/20/07colostomy
stomacolostomy stomacancerpermanentunexpected3.3Overall,
my health is goodDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellNoNoMaleNoNoretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoYesnonoyesnomagazines or other literaturethe
internetnoImportantSatisfiedImportantImportantImportantImpor
tantyes, within the past 6 months1927831519/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomaotherpermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)7.3Overall, my health is goodHas somewhat had a
negative effect on my lifeYes,
somewhatNoNoFemaleNoNogainfully employed, but part
timeless than $20,000NoYesnononononone of the abovefrom
your ostomy retaileryes, but not to my satisfactionVery
importantDissatisfiedVery importantVery
importantImportantImportantno1943671529/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected
(I knew in advance)16.3Overall, my health is goodHas greatly
affected my life for the betterYes, quite
wellNoYesFemaleNoDoes not applyretired, but not due to
healthdoes not applyNoYesnononononone of the abovefrom
your ostomy retaileryesVery unimportantVery satisfiedVery
unimportantVery importantNeither important or
unimportantVery unimportantno1937731539/20/07colostomy
stomacolostomy stomaothertemporaryunexpected2.3Overall, my
health is goodHas greatly affected my life for the worseYes,

60. somewhatNoNoMaleYesNogainfully employed fulltimeBetween
$80,000 and $100,000NoYesnononononone of the abovethe
internetyes, but not to my satisfactionVery
importantSatisfiedNeither important or
unimportantImportantImportantImportantyes, within the past 6
months194961154multiplemultiplecancerpermanentexpected (I
knew in advance)8.3Overall, my health is poorHas somewhat
had a negative effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoYesFemaleDoes not applyDoes not applymy illness does
not permit work of any typedoes not applyNoYesnononononone
of the abovefrom your ostomy retailernoVery importantVery
satisfiedVery importantVery importantVery importantVery
importantno1934761559/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)0.3I am in
very good healthHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, quite wellNoYesFemaleNoNogainfully employed
fulltimebetween $40,000 and $60,000NoYesnonoyesnofrom
your ostomy retaileryesVery importantVery satisfiedVery
importantVery importantVery importantVery importantyes,
within the past 6 months1948621569/20/07colostomy
stomacolostomy stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)0.3Overall, my health is goodHas somewhat had a
negative effect on my lifeYes, quite wellYesYesMaleYesDoes
not applymy illness does not permit work of any typeless than
$20,000NoYesnonoyesnofrom your ostomy retailermagazines or
other literatureyes, but not to my satisfactionVery
importantNeither satisfied or dissatisfiedVery importantVery
importantVery importantNeither important or unimportantyes,
within the past 6 months1948621579/20/07colostomy
stomacolostomy stomacancerpermanentunexpected6.3Overall,
my health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, quite wellYesNoFemaleYesYesgainfully employed, but
part timeless than $20,000NoYesnoyesnonomagazines or other
literaturethe internetyesVery importantSatisfiedVery
importantVery importantVery importantVery
importantno1959511589/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy

61. stomachronic bowel diseasetemporaryunexpected0.3Overall, my
health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, somewhatNoNoMaleYesNogainfully employed
fulltimebetween $40,000 and $60,000NoYesnononononone of
the abovefrom an enterostomal therapist/ostomy
nursenoImportantSatisfiedImportantVery
importantImportantVery
importantno1958521599/19/07multiplemultiplecancerpermanent
unexpectedOverall, my health is goodHas somewhat had a
negative effect on my lifeYes, somewhatNoYesFemaleDoes not
applyDoes not applymy illness does not permit work of any
typedoes not applyNoYesnonoyesnothe
internetyesImportantDissatisfiedImportantVery
importantImportantyes, within the past 6
months1940701609/19/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)Overall, my health is goodHas somewhat had a
negative effect on my lifeYes, somewhatNoNoFemaleDoes not
applyDoes not applyretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the abovethe
internetyesImportantNeither satisfied or
dissatisfiedImportantVery importantVery
importantImportantyes, within the past 6
months1930801619/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomacancerpermanentunexpected13.3Overall, my health is
goodHas somewhat had a positive effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoYesFemaleDoes not applyNoretired, but not due to
healthdoes not applyNoYesnonoyesnonone of the abovefrom an
enterostomal therapist/ostomy nurseImportantNeither satisfied
or dissatisfiedImportantVery importantVery importantVery
importantyes, within the past 6
months1941691629/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasetemporaryunexpected2.3I am in very
good healthHas somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes,
somewhatNoYesFemaleNoYesgainfully employed
fulltimebetween $20,000 and $40,000NoYesnonoyesnofrom

62. your ostomy retaileryesVery importantSatisfiedVery
importantVery importantVery importantVery importantyes,
within the past 6 months1957531639/21/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected
(I knew in advance)26.3Overall, my health is goodDoes not
affect my life at allYes, quite wellNoNoFemaleDoes not
applyDoes not applyretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the aboveI don't have a source of
ostomy informationyesVery importantDo not receive anyVery
importantVery importantVery importantNeither important or
unimportantno1953571649/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)3.3Overall, my health is goodHas somewhat had a
positive effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoYesMaleNoNogainfully employed fulltimebetween
$40,000 and $60,000NoYesnononononone of the abovefrom
your ostomy retaileryes, but not to my satisfactionVery
importantSatisfiedVery importantVery importantNeither
important or unimportantImportantyes, within the past 6
months1960501659/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomaotherpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)4.3Overall,
my health is goodHas greatly affected my life for the betterYes,
quite wellNoYesFemaleNoNogainfully employed
fulltimebetween $20,000 and $40,000NoNonononononone of the
abovefrom your ostomy retailermagazines or other literaturethe
internetyes, but not to my satisfactionImportantSatisfiedNeither
important or unimportantImportantImportantImportantyes,
within the past 6 months1946641669/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected
(I knew in advance)12.3Overall, my health is goodHas greatly
affected my life for the betterYes, quite
wellNoNoFemaleNoNoretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyYesYesnoyesyesnomagazines or other literatureyesVery
importantSatisfiedImportantImportantImportantImportantno193
0801679/21/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)2.3Overall,

63. my health is poorDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellYesYesFemaleNoDoes not applyotherdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the aboveyour doctor's nursethe
internetyes, but not to my satisfactionImportantSatisfiedNeither
important or unimportantVery importantVery importantNeither
important or unimportantyes, within the past 6
months194070168ileostomy stomaileostomy stomachronic
bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)0.3Overall, my health is goodHas greatly affected my
life for the betterYes, quite wellNoYesFemaleYesDoes not
applyretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyYesYesnonoyesnoyesVery
importantSatisfiedImportantVery importantVery importantVery
importantno1938721699/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)2.3Overall,
my health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, quite wellNoYesFemaleNoNogainfully employed
fulltimebetween $20,000 and $40,000NoYesnononononone of
the aboveI don't have a source of ostomy informationVery
importantDo not receive anyVery
importantImportantImportantImportantno1952581709/20/07ileo
stomy stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel
diseasepermanentunexpected37.4I am in very good healthDoes
not affect my life at allYes, quite wellNoNoMaleNoNoretired,
but not due to healthdoes not applyNoYesyesnononofrom your
ostomy retailermagazines or other literatureyesVery
importantVery satisfiedNeither important or
unimportantImportantNeither important or unimportantNeither
important or unimportantno1933771719/20/07colostomy
stomacolostomy stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)10.3Overall, my health is goodHas somewhat had a
negative effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoYesMaleNoNogainfully employed fulltimeBetween
$60,000 and $80,000NoYesnoyesnonomagazines or other
literatureVery importantVery satisfiedNeither important or
unimportantNeither important or unimportantNeither important

64. or unimportantUnimportantno1954561729/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel
diseasepermanentunexpected28.3I am in very good healthDoes
not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellNoNoFemaleNoNogainfully employed fulltimebetween
$40,000 and $60,000NoYesnononononone of the abovefrom an
enterostomal therapist/ostomy nursethe internetVery
importantSatisfiedNeither important or unimportantVery
importantNeither important or unimportantVery importantyes,
within the past 6 months1953571739/20/07colostomy
stomacolostomy stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)2.3Overall, my health is goodHas somewhat had a
negative effect on my lifeYes, somewhatYesYesMaleDoes not
applyDoes not applyretired, but not due to healthbetween
$20,000 and $40,000NoYesnonoyesnofrom your ostomy
retaileryesImportantDissatisfiedImportantImportantImportantVe
ry
importantno1938721749/20/07multiplemultipleotherpermanentu
nexpected0.3Overall, my health is poorHas somewhat had a
negative effect on my lifeYes, somewhatNoYesMaleDoes not
applyDoes not applyretired, but not due to healthless than
$20,000YesYesnononononone of the abovefrom an enterostomal
therapist/ostomy nursenoUnimportantNeither satisfied or
dissatisfiedNeither important or
unimportantUnimportantUnimportantNeither important or
unimportantyes, within the past 6
months1944661759/20/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)2.3I am in
very good healthDoes not affect my life at allYes, quite
wellYesNoMaleNoNoretired, but not due to healthBetween
$80,000 and $100,000NoYesnononononone of the abovefrom
your ostomy retaileryesImportantNeither satisfied or
dissatisfiedImportantImportantVery importantNeither important
or unimportantno1943671769/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)3.3I am in very good healthHas greatly affected my life

65. for the betterYes, quite wellNoYesFemaleNoNogainfully
employed fulltimeBetween $80,000 and
$100,000NoYesyesyesyesnomagazines or other
literatureyesVery importantNeither satisfied or dissatisfiedVery
importantVery importantVery importantVery importantyes,
within the past 6 months1957531779/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected
(I knew in advance)11.3Overall, my health is goodHas greatly
affected my life for the betterYes, quite
wellNoNoFemaleNoYesotherdoes not
applyNoYesnoyesnonomagazines or other literatureyes, but not
to my satisfactionVery importantSatisfiedImportantVery
importantImportantImportantno1950601789/20/07ileostomy
stomaileostomy stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected
(I knew in advance)24.3I am in very good healthHas somewhat
had a negative effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoFemaleNoNootherdoes not applyNoYesnononononone of
the abovefrom your ostomy retaileryesVery
importantSatisfiedVery importantVery importantVery
importantno1939711799/21/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentunexpected3.3Overall, my health is
goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoYesFemaleYesNoretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoYesnonoyesnofrom your ostomy retailerI don't have a
source of ostomy informationyesImportantDo not receive
anyImportantVery importantImportantImportantyes, but more
than 6 months ago1940701809/21/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)6.3I am in
very good healthHas somewhat had a positive effect on my
lifeYes, quite wellNoYesFemaleDoes not applyDoes not
applyretired, but not due to healthdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the aboveI don't have a source of
ostomy informationyes, but not to my satisfactionNeither
important or unimportantDo not receive anyNeither important or
unimportantNeither important or unimportantNeither important
or unimportantNeither important or unimportantyes, but more

66. than 6 months ago1928821819/21/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)2.3Overall,
my health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, quite wellNoYesFemaleNoNogainfully employed
fulltimeBetween $80,000 and $100,000NoYesnonoyesnofrom an
enterostomal therapist/ostomy nurseyesVery importantVery
dissatisfiedVery importantVery importantVery importantVery
importantno1954561829/21/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomaothertemporaryunexpected2.3Overall, my health is
goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoFemaleDoes not applyDoes not applymy illness does not
permit work of any typedoes not applyNoYesyesnononofrom
your ostomy retailernoVery importantVery importantVery
importantImportantImportantno1946641839/20/07colostomy
stomacolostomy stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)7.3Overall, my health is goodHas somewhat had a
negative effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoYesFemaleYesNootherdoes not
applyYesNoyesnononofrom your ostomy retaileryesVery
importantNeither satisfied or dissatisfiedImportantVery
importantVery importantVery
importantno1938721849/20/07ileostomy stomaileostomy
stomachronic bowel diseasepermanentexpected (I knew in
advance)3.3Overall, my health is goodHas somewhat had a
positive effect on my lifeYes, quite
wellNoNoFemaleYesNogainfully employed fulltimebetween
$40,000 and $60,000NoYesyesyesyesnofrom an enterostomal
therapist/ostomy nursemagazines or other literaturean ostomy
support groupyesVery importantNeither satisfied or
dissatisfiedImportantVery importantVery importantVery
importantno1954561859/21/07colostomy stomacolostomy
stomacancerpermanentexpected (I knew in advance)8.3Overall,
my health is goodHas somewhat had a negative effect on my
lifeYes, somewhatNoNoMaleYesNootherdoes not
applyNoYesnononononone of the abovefrom an enterostomal
therapist/ostomy nurseyesVery importantSatisfiedVery