Table 5.

Number of symptom clusters among patients at each time point.

Number of symptom clusters	T1		T2		T3		T4		T5
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
0	82	55.03	75	50.34	51	34.23	104	69.80	109	73.15
1	54	36.24	54	36.24	58	38.93	33	22.15	30	20.13
2	10	6.71	16	10.74	25	16.78	10	6.71	7	4.70
3	3	2.02	4	2.68	13	8.73	2	1.34	3	2.02
4	0	0	0	0	2	1.33	0	0	0	0

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.