People with a stoma can have many concerns – fear of leakage, embarrassment about their body, worries about becoming a burden to family and friends. When these concerns stop people from doing the things they enjoy, it puts their quality of life at risk.

With Stoma-QoL, healthcare professionals now have a standard and a common language with which to assess quality of life for people with a stoma. You can use the tool to monitor quality of life over time in the same person – or compare quality of life between patients.

Stoma-QoL is:

• Specifically designed for people with a stoma – all questions are based on input from people with a stoma
• Validated – tested in representative stoma populations in different countries
• Reliable – weighted to emphasise the issues that are most critical to the respondent’s quality of life
• Cross-cultural – translated into 16 languages
• Simple – the questionnaire only takes 5–10 minutes to complete

Support materials can help your patients in their daily life with a stoma. These materials can be given to your patients to read and use at home or discuss with you.

Coloplast Care

To help support new users of Coloplast ostomy products and the Charter Healthcare service, the Coloplast Care programme has been developed to provide helpful monthly magazines and phone support from our highly trained specialists. For more information about Coloplast Care, please speak to your local Coloplast representative or contact us.

Interactive Guide to Managing your ostomy

In order to help new ostomates to become confident with the preparation, application, use and disposal of your ostomy appliance, we have an interactive guide. The guide takes you through the practical aspects of managing ostomy appliances. View the guide.