In order to ensure blindness in the study design, patients were not informed about which group they belonged to.
Patient with ostomy in the study group were trained in accordance with the Standard Stoma Care.
Patient with ostomy in the control group only skill and discharge training has been provided in accordance with the hospital procedure.
All patients were followed up at 2, 6, and 12 weeks. Peristomal complications were evaluated by the researcher with the Peristomal Skin Tool at the 2nd, 6th and 12th weeks. The patients were asked to fill the Stoma Quality of Life Scale in the 2nd, 6th and 12th weeks.
