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Methods: In this comparative cross-sectional study, 256 patients with CRC were included through convenience sampling, comprising 127 patients with a colostomy (49.6%) and 129 without a colostomy (50.4%). The data collection tools included the demographic information form and the shortened form of the health-related quality of life questionnaire (SF-36). Statistical analyses were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 13, including descriptive statistics, independent samples t-tests, general linear modeling, and multiple regression analyses. Results: In this study, the health-related quality of life score (range: 0\u2013100) was 43.03\u00b117.08 in patients with a colostomy and 51.38\u00b115.57 in those without a colostomy. Also, there was a statistically significant difference in physical functioning, role limitation due to physical health, role limitation due to emotional problems and health-related quality of life in people with and without colostomies (P&lt;0.05). Finally, in sex stratified exploratory analyses, differences were evident among women but not among men. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that patients with CRC, particularly those with a colostomy, experience significantly lower health-related quality of life. The findings emphasize the importance of early and targeted interventions to improve physical and psychosocial well-being in this population. Greater attention should be given to the needs of patients with colostomy in both hospital and community care settings to enhance their overall quality of life. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.34172\/jcs.025.33640","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,14]],"date-time":"2025-10-14T11:21:06Z","timestamp":1760440866000},"page":"173-181","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34172\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Colorectal Cancer: A Comparison Between Those With and Without Colostomy"],"prefix":"10.34172","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2014-9721","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Amirmohammad","family":"Dahouri","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran"},{"name":"Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5585-1457","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Mohammad Hassan","family":"Sahebihagh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran"},{"name":"Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5399-0277","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Neda","family":"Gilani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0819-1350","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Leila","family":"Sheikhnezhad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"20123","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,8]]},"container-title":["Journal of Caring Sciences"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/jcs.tbzmed.ac.ir\/PDF\/jcs-14-3-173.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/jcs.tbzmed.ac.ir\/PDF\/jcs-14-3-173.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,14]],"date-time":"2025-10-14T11:21:07Z","timestamp":1760440867000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/jcs.tbzmed.ac.ir\/Article\/jcs-33640"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,8]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,21]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34172\/jcs.025.33640","relation":{},"ISSN":["2251-9920"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2251-9920","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,8]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Tabriz University of Medical Sciences","name":"journal_owner","label":"Journal Owner"},{"value":"Tabriz University of Medical Sciences","name":"journal_publisher","label":"Journal Publisher"},{"value":"2024-07-16","order":1,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2025-09-02","order":2,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2025-09-08","order":3,"name":"published","label":"Published","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}