Audio and Radio System to Improve Self-Care in Bladder and Colorectal Cancer Patients with Newly Created Ostomies

Inclusion Criteria

• PHASE I INCLUSION CRITERIA: Patients must have had an ostomy with curative intent for at least 90 days
• PHASE I INCLUSION CRITERIA: Patients must be able to read and speak English
• PHASE I INCLUSION CRITERIA: Patients must be 18 years or older
• PHASE II INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR PATIENTS: Patients must have been surgically treated for colorectal or bladder cancer with curative intent
• PHASE II INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR PATIENTS: Patients must be within one month of hospital discharge of a newly created ostomy with curative intent
• PHASE II INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR PATIENTS: Patients must be able to read and speak English
• PHASE II INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR PATIENTS: Patients must be 18 years or older
• PHASE II INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR PATIENTS: Patients must have a caregiver who is willing to participate in the study
• PHASE II INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR CAREGIVERS: Caregivers must be 18 years of older
• PHASE II INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR CAREGIVERS: Caregivers must be able to read and speak English
• PHASE II INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR CAREGIVERS: Caregivers must be identified as the primary caregiver by the patient
• PHASE II INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR CAREGIVERS: Caregivers must have not themselves been diagnosed with cancer or received cancer treatment during the study (to ensure that patients and caregivers focus their efforts on care of the patient)

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients and their caregivers will be excluded if they are unable to read, speak, or understand English
• Patients and their caregivers will be excluded if they have more than one type of ostomy
• Patients and their caregivers will be excluded if they have other cancer diagnosis (excluding non-melanomatous skin cancer)
• Patients and their caregivers will be excluded if they have cognitive impairment (assessed by the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire)