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A Survey of the Body Image of Mastectomies Women Referring to Imam Khomeini and Imam Hussein Hospitals in Tehran, Iran

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer treatment may have severe effects on women body image. As a routine care, mastectomy may enhance the risks for anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and fear of social relationships among women. An awareness of body image changes following mastectomy may promote adaptation...

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Autores principales: Esmaili, Roghayeh, Saiidi, Jila Abed, Majd, Hamid Alavi, Esmaieli, Mehrdad
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Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3137810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21799557
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.70528
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author Esmaili, Roghayeh
Saiidi, Jila Abed
Majd, Hamid Alavi
Esmaieli, Mehrdad
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description BACKGROUND: Breast cancer treatment may have severe effects on women body image. As a routine care, mastectomy may enhance the risks for anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and fear of social relationships among women. An awareness of body image changes following mastectomy may promote adaptation among women. AIM: The present study has sought to determine body image levels following mastectomy among females referring to clinics at Imam Khomeini and Imam Hussein Hospitals in Tehran, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this descriptive study, 90 women, aged 30-50, who had undergone mastectomy in least 3 weeks before the study started participated. They had no history of any previous surgery, chronic or psychological diseases. The subjects only referred to the clinics for follow-up treatment procedures such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The study benefited from a questionnaire which was validated for content. The questionnaire reliability was qualified by Cronbach Procedure (α=0.8). The questionnaire included demographic information as well as information on surgery and body image. The data collected were analyzed by the SPSS software. RESULTS: The study show that body image among most subjects (44.4%) 1-3 months after mastectomy was at the “medium” level showing that 43.3% of the subjects were in favorable conditions. The study also showed that body image for most subjects (40%) was at the “medium” level, the image of most subjects (51.1%) of their breasts was at: very favorable” level, the image of most subjects (31.1%) of sexual relation was at “unfavorable” level, the image of most subjects (34.4%) upon the feeling of what others thought of them was at “favorable” level, and the image of most subjects (40%) of their familial relationships was at “medium” level. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Generally speaking, body image among most subjects under study was at medium-favorable levels. Since the study was conducted 1-3 months following mastectomy, and as the patients were at the recovery stages, the feelings of conquest over cancer may have caused them not to worry much about the body images.
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spelling pubmed-31378102011-07-28 A Survey of the Body Image of Mastectomies Women Referring to Imam Khomeini and Imam Hussein Hospitals in Tehran, Iran Esmaili, Roghayeh Saiidi, Jila Abed Majd, Hamid Alavi Esmaieli, Mehrdad Indian J Psychol Med Original Article BACKGROUND: Breast cancer treatment may have severe effects on women body image. As a routine care, mastectomy may enhance the risks for anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and fear of social relationships among women. An awareness of body image changes following mastectomy may promote adaptation among women. AIM: The present study has sought to determine body image levels following mastectomy among females referring to clinics at Imam Khomeini and Imam Hussein Hospitals in Tehran, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this descriptive study, 90 women, aged 30-50, who had undergone mastectomy in least 3 weeks before the study started participated. They had no history of any previous surgery, chronic or psychological diseases. The subjects only referred to the clinics for follow-up treatment procedures such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The study benefited from a questionnaire which was validated for content. The questionnaire reliability was qualified by Cronbach Procedure (α=0.8). The questionnaire included demographic information as well as information on surgery and body image. The data collected were analyzed by the SPSS software. RESULTS: The study show that body image among most subjects (44.4%) 1-3 months after mastectomy was at the “medium” level showing that 43.3% of the subjects were in favorable conditions. The study also showed that body image for most subjects (40%) was at the “medium” level, the image of most subjects (51.1%) of their breasts was at: very favorable” level, the image of most subjects (31.1%) of sexual relation was at “unfavorable” level, the image of most subjects (34.4%) upon the feeling of what others thought of them was at “favorable” level, and the image of most subjects (40%) of their familial relationships was at “medium” level. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Generally speaking, body image among most subjects under study was at medium-favorable levels. Since the study was conducted 1-3 months following mastectomy, and as the patients were at the recovery stages, the feelings of conquest over cancer may have caused them not to worry much about the body images. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3137810/ /pubmed/21799557 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.70528 Text en © Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Esmaili, Roghayeh
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A Survey of the Body Image of Mastectomies Women Referring to Imam Khomeini and Imam Hussein Hospitals in Tehran, Iran
title A Survey of the Body Image of Mastectomies Women Referring to Imam Khomeini and Imam Hussein Hospitals in Tehran, Iran
title_full A Survey of the Body Image of Mastectomies Women Referring to Imam Khomeini and Imam Hussein Hospitals in Tehran, Iran
title_fullStr A Survey of the Body Image of Mastectomies Women Referring to Imam Khomeini and Imam Hussein Hospitals in Tehran, Iran
title_full_unstemmed A Survey of the Body Image of Mastectomies Women Referring to Imam Khomeini and Imam Hussein Hospitals in Tehran, Iran
title_short A Survey of the Body Image of Mastectomies Women Referring to Imam Khomeini and Imam Hussein Hospitals in Tehran, Iran
title_sort survey of the body image of mastectomies women referring to imam khomeini and imam hussein hospitals in tehran, iran
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3137810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21799557
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.70528
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