Table 4.

Severity of each symptom cluster across time.

Symptom cluster	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5
Psychological symptom cluster	1.95 ± 0.69	1.84 ± 0.58	1.70 ± 0.47	1.74 ± 0.36	1.67 ± 0.35
Digestive and urinary symptom cluster	1.42 ± 0.48	1.36 ± 0.42	1.32 ± 0.35	1.32 ± 0.39	1.27 ± 0.37
Lack of energy symptom cluster	1.52 ± 0.44	1.51 ± 0.43	1.45 ± 0.39	1.45 ± 0.39	1.47 ± 0.43
Pain symptom cluster	1.30 ± 0.42	1.30 ± 0.37	–	–	–

T1: 2 weeks after colostomy, T2: 1 month after colostomy, T3: 3 months after colostomy, T4: 6 months after colostomy, T5: 1 year after colostomy.