A cross-sectional study of quality of life in a cohort of enteral ostomy patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital in a developing country in South Asia

Table 6 Association between QOL and feeling “depressed” soon after surgery

	Felt depressed soon after surgery	N	Mean	Standard deviation	p value
Overall QOL score	Yes	19	46.7516	11.84774	0.001
Overall QOL score	No	22	59.2200	10.31910	0.001
Scores on concerns of stoma	Yes	19	1.9386	0.67862	0.015
Scores on concerns of stoma	No	22	2.5303	0.79787	0.015
Scores on sleep	Yes	19	2.2456	0.83031	0.015
Scores on sleep	No	22	2.8636	0.73217	0.015
Scores on family and social relationships	Yes	19	2.2857	0.83299	0.001
Scores on family and social relationships	No	22	3.1753	0.78362	0.001
Scores on sexuality/body image	Yes	19	2.3333	0.80123	0.003
Scores on sexuality/body image	No	22	3.0606	0.68727	0.003

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