Table 7 Change in lifestyle since having a stoma, according to medical reason for first stoma (n = 419a)
Change in lifestyle | PA n (%)b | Diet n (%)b | Alcohol n (%)b | Smoking n (%)b | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chronic bowel diseasec | Cancerd | Other | Chronic bowel diseasec | Cancerd | Other | Chronic bowel diseasec | Cancerd | Other | Chronic bowel diseasec | Cancerd | Other | |
For the better | 37 (17.5) | 14 (12.4) | 13 (13.8) | 71 (34.1) | 48 (42.5) | 33 (35.1) | 74 (35.1) | 42 (37.5) | 29 (31.2) | 24 (11.6) | 16 (14.7) | 9 (10.0) |
For the worse | 104 (49.3) | 72 (63.7) | 58 (61.7) | 50 (24.0) | 25 (22.1) | 23 (24.5) | 13 (6.2) | 3 (2.7) | 4 (4.3) | 6 (2.9) | 0 | 5 (5.6) |
No change | 64 (30.3) | 26 (23.0) | 22 (23.4) | 83 (39.9) | 37 (32.7) | 36 (38.3) | 122 (57.8) | 65 (58.0) | 60 (64.5) | 176 (85.0) | 89 (81.6) | 76 (84.4) |
Don’t know | 6 (2.8) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (1.1) | 4 (1.9) | 3 (2.6) | 2 (2.1) | 2 (0.9) | 2 (1.8) | 0 | 1 (0.5) | 4 (3.7) | 0 |
Missing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 |