The Effect of Information Giving via Line on Anxiety after Stoma Surgery among Older Persons with Colorectal Cancer

Abstract

Purpose: 1) To compare post-colostomy anxiety among elderly patients with colorectal cancer before and after providing information via the LINE application; 2) To compare post-colostomy anxiety among elderly patients with colorectal cancer between the experimental group who received information via the LINE application and patients who received routine care only.
Design: Quasi-experimental research.
Methods: The subjects were 44 patients aged more than 60 years who were diagnosed by a doctor with colorectal cancer and were treated by colostomy at Chulalongkorn Hospital.
The subjects were assigned to the experimental and control groups with 22 subjects in each group. The subjects were paired for similarity of colostomy type (temporary and permanent).
The control group received routine care only, while the experimental group received the program for providing information via the LINE application. This program was developed by the researcher who applied Leventhal and Johnson’s Self-regulation Theory. Data collection instruments consisted of the state anxiety assessment form with Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient at .80. Data were analyzed by using descriptive t-test statistics and f-test statistics.
Finding: 1) Post-colostomy anxiety among elderly patients with colorectal cancer after providing information via the LINE application was lower than before providing information with statistical significance at .05; 2) Post-colostomy anxiety among elderly patients with colorectal cancer in the experimental group who were provided information via the LINE application was lower than patients who received routine care with statistical significance at .05.
Conclusion: Provision of information via the LINE application for elderly patients with colorectal cancer was able to reduce patients’ post-colostomy anxiety and relieve anxiety better than routine care only.