Mostafa Mohammadi1, Roghayeh Esmaeili2*, Mahdi Fani3

Abstract

Background: Intestine cancer is one of the common cancer in elderly people with fetal complication. In this study the correlation between spiritual coping strategy and quality of life in Intestine cancer in elderly patients with ostomy by Sep 2018 was reviewed. Method and materials: In this study, internal databases for Persian articles, including SID, MagIran, IranMedex, and also www.irandoc.ac site for dissertations were reviewed as well as PubMed, ISI web of knowledge and Google Scholar databases were assessed to study English articles by Sep 2018 and 11 articles were entered into the study. Results: In this review, 3713 individuals were analyzed in the 11 selected articles, 6 articles in Persian and 5 articles in English including seven observational, three experimental and one phenomenological studies

Conclusion: This review study indicated that designing and implementing appropriate nurses' interventions for patients with ostomy and their families can provide the enhancement in their self-efficacy in the spiritual, mental and social aspects and the most improvement for their quality of life by reinforcing their coping strategies. Also, group training for these patients can have the greatest impact on the mental and spiritual dimension.