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Peristomal skin problems are a common complication in ostomy patients (1,2,3). This complication can impact treatment, increase healthcare costs and decrease the patient’s quality of life (4,5). The use of a valid, reliable and user-friendly measurement tool helps healthcare providers with objective follow-up and targeted treatment of peristomal skin problems. Several assessment tools have already been developed to assess peristomal skin problems, among which assessment tools Studio Alterazioni Cutanee Stomali (SACS) and Ostomy Skin Tool (OST) are the most common in the literature. A clear overview of the measurement properties of assessment tools SACS and OST can help health care providers in making an appropriate choice based on the follow-up and treatment of peristomal skin and provides a new incentive for the development of a ‘gold standard’ in assessment tools for peristomal skin in ostomy patients. (1) Malik, T., Lee, M. J., Harikrishnan, A. B. (2018). The incidence of stoma related morbidity – a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Ann R Coll Surg Engl, 100, 501-508. (2) LeBlanc, K., Whiteley, I., McNichol, L., et al. (2019). Peristomal Medical Adhesive-Related Skin Injury: Results of an International Consensus Meeting. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs, 46(2), 125-136. (3) Bafford, A. C., Irani, J. L. (2013). Management and Complications of Stomas. Surgical Clinics of North America, 93(1), 145-166. (4) Schiergens, T. S., Hoffmann, V., Schobel, T. N., et al. (2017). Long-term Quality of Life of Patients With Permanent End Ileostomy: Results of a Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey. Dis Colon Rectum, 60(1), 51-60. (5) Meisner, S., Lehur, P. A., Moran, B., et al. (2012). Peristomal skin complications are common, expensive, and difficult to manage: a population based cost modeling study. PLoS One, 7(5), 1-8. |
