The colostomy impact score: development and validation of a patient reported outcome measure for rectal cancer patients with a permanent colostomy. A population-based study.
A ThyøKatrine Jøssing EmmertsenT D PinkneyP ChristensenS LaurbergPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2017)
This new scoring system appears valid for the assessment of the impact on QOL from having a permanent colostomy in a Danish rectal cancer population. It requires validation in non-Danish populations prior to its acceptance as a valuable patient-reported outcome measure for patients internationally.