Quality of life profiles and their association with clinical and demographic characteristics and physical activity in people with a stoma: a latent profile analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Quality of life can be negatively impacted by the formation of a stoma and is influenced by a number of factors. Research to date treats people with a stoma as a homogenous group based on their quality of life. We attempted to identify subgroups based upon self-reported quality of life and explored variables associated with group membership.

Methods

The present study is a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional sample of 1419 people with a stoma. Participants completed validated questionnaires for quality of life, physical activity and clinical and demographic characteristics. Latent profile analysis was used to identify the optimal number of subgroups (profiles) and multinomial regression modelling was conducted to identify variables associated with profile membersh

SUBMITTER: Goodman W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9250477 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature