Objective: to test the impact that education and awareness of patients has on the quality of life with a stoma. Specific goals are to find out if there is a difference reagarding sex and age and if there is a difference between patients who are part of associations and those who are not. Using an all-encompassing questionnaire, the aim is also to find out symptoms and problems the participants are faced with in functional scales. Participants and methods: Examinees were patients with a stoma in the Slavonia area which are members of The Disabled People’s Association of Croatia (Savez invalidskih društava ILCO Hrvatske) and those who are not part of any association. The survey was done anonymously and voluntarily. The method of research was an anonymous questionnaire which was made in collaboration with my mentor and in accordance with The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer. Results: In total, 112 examinees took part, of which 58 are male and 54 female. Most of the patients agreed upon the fact that they needed the information before and after the operation, that they are very satisfied with the information they got in the club or form the association of patients with stoma, and that they would recommend the operation and stoma to patients with the same diagnosis they had. They are completely unsatisfied with information they received from the layman. They rate their health and general quality of life during the past week as generally good; just a small part is not satisfied. Conclusion: Regarding the sex and club or support group membership there is no significant difference in satisfaction concerning the given information, while examinees between the age of 41 and 50 are much more satisfied with the information they got. The biggest problem the examinees had was their physical and emotional functioning. The most common symptoms are: sleep disorders and financial troubles caused by their physical condition and therapy.