Tehran University of Medical Sciences Nursing Practice Today 2383-1154 6 3 2019 07 01 152 161 Fazel Dehvan Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran Monir Nobahar Nursing Care Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran AND Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran AND Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran Raheb Ghorbani Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran Reza Ghanei Gheshlagh Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran Masoomeh Najafi Ghaem Hospital, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran Maryam Jan Amiri Student Research Committee, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2019 05 23 2019 06 18 Background & Aim: Ostomy surgery is used to provide a means of collecting waste through a channel. However, ostomy can produce functional problems and major changes in adaptability and life satisfaction among the patients. This study attempts to investigate the relationship between adaptability and life satisfaction among ostomy patients. Methods & Materials: This study is descriptive-correlational. 100 ostomy patients referring to Iran Ostomy Association were selected and studied using continuous sampling method and questionnaires of demographic information, Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and Bell Adjustment Inventory (BAI). Results: The mean ± standard deviation of life satisfaction scores and adaptability scores were 16.8±4.4 (of 35) and 53.1±23.7, respectively. A positive and significant correlations were observed between life satisfaction and adjustment (r=0.597, p<0.001), and also adjustment dimensions, including home (r=0.585, p<0.001), health (r=0.611, p<0.001), social (r= 0.460, p<0.001), emotional (r=0.538, p<0.001) and occupational adjustment (r=0.380, p<0.001). Conclusion: According to the results, there was a positive and significant relationship between life satisfaction and adaptability. Thus, therapeutic department members have to help improve life satisfaction among ostomy patients by facilitating adaptability. https://npt.tums.ac.ir/index.php/npt/article/view/631 https://npt.tums.ac.ir/index.php/npt/article/download/631/412