The correlation between emotional intelligence and self-esteem in patients with intestinal stoma: A descriptive-correlational study.
Maryam Saati, Fariba NasiriZiba, Hamid Haghani
PMID 33626242WHAT IT FOUND
In 155 patients with an intestinal stoma, higher self-reported emotional intelligence went together with higher self-esteem.
No link was found with age, sex, education, marital status or job change. This does not show that emotional intelligence causes higher self-esteem.
Key findings
01In 155 patients with intestinal stoma, emotional intelligence and self-esteem were positively and significantly correlated (p < .001).
02Patients' mean emotional intelligence score was 129.74 out of 165, and mean self-esteem score was 19.10 out of 30.
03There was no relation between emotional intelligence or self-esteem and demographic characteristics.
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What it does not show
The participants were selected by convenience sampling, so they may not represent all patients with an intestinal stoma. This was a correlational study, so it cannot show that emotional intelligence causes higher self-esteem. Most patients had used an ostomy for less than a year, and the study did not examine early stoma complications, so results may not apply to long-term stoma care or patients with complications. Patient characteristics could have affected answers to the questionnaires.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflict of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that improving emotional intelligence will raise self-esteem. This was a one-time correlation in 155 patients; it did not test training and cannot show cause.