Your participation could make a difference!
Surveys can help gauge individual views and experiences. Your participation could make a difference in the overall health and well being of the ostomy community, as well as the products and services available within the marketplace.
Are you interested in inviting people to take your company’s survey? Please contact Christine Ryan at christine.ryan@ostomy.org.
What’s Inside Your Box of Pouches? Tell Us What is Missing
Tell us what is helpful and what is missing from inside your box of pouches. The survey will only take a few minutes, and your responses will remain confidential.
Non-Medical Switching Survey
Audience: End Users of Ostomy and Urological Supplies
UOAA is conducting a national survey to collect data insights on the impact of non-medical switching for end users of ostomy and urological supplies.
Non-Medical Switching (NMS) can affect consumers who use ostomy and urological supplies. NMS occurs when health insurers or suppliers change stable ostomates from their current reliable pouching system to different products for non-medical reasons typically on the basis of cost. NMS also occurs for users of urological supplies such as catheters.
Infant + Pediatric Ostomy Action Plan Surveys
Dr. Patrick Reeves, MD, FAAP, DABOM, a Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Major in the United States Army, has been working with a team of WOC Nurses, GI doctors and surgical colleagues to develop an infant+pediatric “Ostomy Action Plan” (see video link below). Please help UOAA and the Ostomy Research Team to Validate this tool by completing the relevant survey. The Ostomy Action Plan will be used in both the outpatient and inpatient setting for routine follow up with Wound, Ostomy Care Nurses and to alert clinicians during any emergencies. The first goal is to facilitate home care of the ostomy. The second purpose is to clearly share critical information from the ostomate with the patient’s normal clinical team and any of the acute providers they may encounter, as in the emergency department.
Ostomy Action Plan Video– youtu.be/lwAGnwk-mv4
Dr. Reeves and his colleagues would like parents/patients/caregivers as well as clinical team members to complete the relevant survey on the right to evaluate this new tool. This will also help Dr. Reeves and his team complete the National Institutes of Health (NIH) verification process.
The first survey is meant for patients, parents and caregivers of ostomates. The first half helps to determine if the pictures that were created “make sense.” There is a short nutrition and math quiz followed by the most important part- the consumer information rating form. This lets the survey respondent tell the team what they think of the Ostomy Action Plan quality.
1. Patient/Caregiver Survey– www.surveymonkey.com/r/OstomyActionPlan_Patient_Caregiver_SURVEY
The second survey is the suitability assessment of the Ostomy Action Plan materials. This validated survey is meant to be an opportunity for any person who works with ostomates in a clinical setting (nurses, WOCNs, Physicians, social workers, anyone on the medical team) to register their opinion of the tool.
2. Medical Team Member Survey– www.surveymonkey.com/r/OstomyActionPlan_MedicalTeamMembers_Survey
Thank you for taking the time to complete the applicable survey, your input is greatly appreciated.
Understanding Soft Convexity Ostomate Survey
Hollister CeraPlus™ Soft Convex Ostomy Products are designed for a flexible fit and infused with ceramide for healthy skin around the stoma, so you get the confidence of a secure fit with natural, soothing comfort. Have you had a positive experience wearing CeraPlus™ Soft Convex Skin Barriers? We would like to hear about it! Please tell us in this short survey.
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UOAA may ask you to take a survey in the future.
Disclaimer: UOAA does not endorse particular products, manufacturers, or suppliers, and is not responsible for any content expressed in sponsor websites or within their surveys.