ESTIMA, Braz. J. Enterostomal Ther., São Paulo, v16, e3918, 2018 1 Meanings attributed to complications of ostomy and skin peristhectomy in a public reference service in the Cariri region Significados atribuídos às complicações de estomia e pele periestoma em um serviço de referência na região do Cariri Significados atribuidos a las complicaciones de ostomía y piel periestomal en un servicio de referencia en la región de Cariri Yterfania Soares Feitosa 1,2 , Luis Rafael Leite Sampaio 1,2 , Déborah Albuquerque Alves Moreira 1 , Francisco Antonio da Cruz Mendonça 3 , Maria Corina Amaral Viana 1 , Katia Pires Nascimento do Sacramento 1 , Fernanda Maria Silva 1 , Tatyelle Bezerra Carvalho 1 , Yara Lanne Santiago Galdino 4 ORIGINAL ARTICLE 1 Universidade Regional do Cariri – Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde – Departamento de Enfermagem – Crato/CE – Brazil. 2 Universidade de Fortaleza – Departamento de Enfermagem – Fortaleza/CE – Brazil. 3 Centro Universitário Estácio do Ceará – Centro de Ciência da Saúde – Departamento de Enfermagem – Fortaleza/CE – Brazil. 4 Prefeitura Municipal de Fortaleza – Secretaria Municipal de Saúde – Estratégia Saúde da Família – Fortaleza/CE – Brazil. Correspondence author: Luis Rafael Leite Sampaio | Rua Coronel Antônio Luis, 1161 – Pimenta | ZIP Code: 63105-000 – Crato/CE – Brazil | E-mail: rafael.sampaio@urca.br Received: Sept 24 2018 | Accepted: Jan 13 2019 ABSTRACT Objectives: To present the meanings attributed by participants or their caregivers in relation to complications of the ostomy and peristomal skin in a referral service in the Cariri region. Methods: Descriptive research, of a qualitative nature, composed of 24 participants with intestinal ostomies. The data were collected in the period of March and June of 2018 in the Service of Health Care of the Person with Ostomy located in the city of Juazeiro do Norte, state of Ceará. The interviews were guided by a structured script and recorded through a mobile app. During the data analysis, participants’ answers were transcribed in its full. Results: From the report of the participants, the following meanings for the complications of the ostomy and peristomal skin emerged: aspects related to the quality of the collecting equipment, such as time of permanence of the bag, type of bag and adhesiveness; fragility in the educational process; and effectiveness of surgical procedures. Conclusion: The provision of specialized assistance is necessary so that the orientations of the professionals are directed to the individual needs of each participant, since health care is based on an interpersonal process centered on the integral care of the individual and his or her family. DESCRIPTORS: Stomatherapy; Ostomy; Nursing care. https://doi.org/10.30886/estima.v16.651_IN ORCID IDs Feitosa YS https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6021-7557 Sampaio LRL https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1437-9421 Moreira DAA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2823-8681 Mendonça FAC https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3957-7048 Viana MCA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6890-9400 Sacramento KPN https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6609-3479 Silva FM https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0504-9896 Carvalho TB https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6515-7963 Galdino YLS https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9242-1715 HOW TO CITE Feitosa YS, Sampaio LRL, Moreira DAA, Mendonça FAC, Viana MCA, Sacramento KPN, Silva FM, Carvalho TB, Galdino YLS. Meanings attributed to complications of ostomy and skin peristhectomy in a public reference service in the Cariri region. ESTIMA, Braz. J. Enterostomal Ther., 16: e3918. https://doi.org/10.30886/estima. v16.651_IN