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Academic Study Demonstrates The Stealth Belt Difference

Academic research from the University of South Alabama has shown that STEALTH BELT support garments reduce the frequency of leakage as well as incidence and frequency of skin irritation when compared to patients wearing other types of ostomy belts or those not wearing an ostomy support garment.

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Results Backed By Research

A peer-reviewed, mixed method academic study, conducted by the University of South Alabama, examined ostomy-related complication and their impacts on quality of life for ostomates. The study finds that leakage and peristomal skin irritation are common ostomy-related complications that have statistically significant impacts on the quality of life for patients following ostomy surgery.

Leakage

  • 90% of ostomates surveyed reported experiencing leakage
  • Wearing a STEALTH BELT® support garment significantly reduces the frequency of leakage as compared with patients wearing other types of ostomy belts or those not wearing a support garment.

The study further finds that reducing the frequency of leakage has a statistically significant impact on quality of life:

Skin irritation

  • 77% of ostomates surveyed reported having peristomal rash or skin irritation.
  • It is clinically relevant that STEALTH BELT® support garments reduce the incidence and frequency of peristomal skin irritation as compared with patients wearing other types of ostomy belts or those not wearing an ostomy support garment.

The study finds that reducing the incidence of peristomal rash or skin irritation has a statistically significant impact on quality of life:

References
  1. Pittman, J., Colwell, J., & Mulekar, M. S. (2022). Ostomy complications and quality of life of ostomy support belt/garment wearers: A web-based survey. Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing, 49(1), 60-68. doi: 10.1097/WON.0000000000000843. PMID: 35040815. PMCID: PMC8768503.

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No single purchase has made more of an impact on alleviating the stress associated with living with my ostomy. It made an immediate and dramatic difference.”

- Lane B.

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- Joseph L.

My WOC nurse showed me a Stealth Belt, and I knew right away that I wanted one. I just could not imagine going a single day without them. I wear them all day, every day,
and I know they will last for a very long time!

- Desiree B.

It is an ABSOLUTE GAME CHANGER. I got an ostomy in 2015, but I’ve never been able to find anything that I could wear for longer than 2 hours until Stealth Belt. It was the first time I was able to swin in a pool and submerge my stomach in 5 years, and I started to cry. I cannot thank you enough fot creating this product, and I just wanted to say THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart.

- Andrea V.

My WOC nurse showed me a Stealth Belt, and I knew right away that I wanted one. I just could not imagine going a single day without them. I wear them all day, every day,
and I know they will last for a very long time!

- Desiree B.
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