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Predictors for Estimating Scars’ Internalization in Victims with Post-Traumatic Scars versus Patients with Postsurgical Scars

(1) Background: Scars are the consequence of physiological inherent healing processes of post-traumatic and surgical lesions with a psychological impact. Post-traumatic scarring may induce emotional and behavioral changes through social stigma. In this study we analyze the internalization of scars a...

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Autores principales: Mekeres, Gabriel Mihai, Voiţă-Mekereş, Florica, Tudoran, Cristina, Buhaş, Camelia Liana, Tudoran, Mariana, Racoviţă, Mariana, Voiţă, Nuţu Cristian, Pop, Nicolae Ovidiu, Marian, Mihai
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8951544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35327027
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10030550
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author Mekeres, Gabriel Mihai
Voiţă-Mekereş, Florica
Tudoran, Cristina
Buhaş, Camelia Liana
Tudoran, Mariana
Racoviţă, Mariana
Voiţă, Nuţu Cristian
Pop, Nicolae Ovidiu
Marian, Mihai
author_facet Mekeres, Gabriel Mihai
Voiţă-Mekereş, Florica
Tudoran, Cristina
Buhaş, Camelia Liana
Tudoran, Mariana
Racoviţă, Mariana
Voiţă, Nuţu Cristian
Pop, Nicolae Ovidiu
Marian, Mihai
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description (1) Background: Scars are the consequence of physiological inherent healing processes of post-traumatic and surgical lesions with a psychological impact. Post-traumatic scarring may induce emotional and behavioral changes through social stigma. In this study we analyze the internalization of scars and their impact on hopelessness, depression, or the perception of social support in subjects with post-traumatic scars compared to people with surgical scars. (2) Methods: to research this suggested model, we analyzed data collected from 110 participants 61 women and 49 men, aged between 18 and 64 years; 55 participants had post-traumatically and 55 surgically acquired scars. They all were examined to assess the characteristics of scars, were asked to complete four psycho-social scales, and the results were compared. (3) Results: our results indicate that people with post-traumatic scars are oriented toward the internalization of scars, depending on their shape and size. We argue that hopelessness, appreciation of scars, age, and how scars are produced are important predictors of internalization. (4) Conclusions: the patient’s attitude toward the appearance of a scar is an indicator of how he/she will react in the future and it could predict the vulnerability to hopelessness. Finally, we nuance the impact of objective bodily harm on the psychological and moral suffering.
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spelling pubmed-89515442022-03-26 Predictors for Estimating Scars’ Internalization in Victims with Post-Traumatic Scars versus Patients with Postsurgical Scars Mekeres, Gabriel Mihai Voiţă-Mekereş, Florica Tudoran, Cristina Buhaş, Camelia Liana Tudoran, Mariana Racoviţă, Mariana Voiţă, Nuţu Cristian Pop, Nicolae Ovidiu Marian, Mihai Healthcare (Basel) Article (1) Background: Scars are the consequence of physiological inherent healing processes of post-traumatic and surgical lesions with a psychological impact. Post-traumatic scarring may induce emotional and behavioral changes through social stigma. In this study we analyze the internalization of scars and their impact on hopelessness, depression, or the perception of social support in subjects with post-traumatic scars compared to people with surgical scars. (2) Methods: to research this suggested model, we analyzed data collected from 110 participants 61 women and 49 men, aged between 18 and 64 years; 55 participants had post-traumatically and 55 surgically acquired scars. They all were examined to assess the characteristics of scars, were asked to complete four psycho-social scales, and the results were compared. (3) Results: our results indicate that people with post-traumatic scars are oriented toward the internalization of scars, depending on their shape and size. We argue that hopelessness, appreciation of scars, age, and how scars are produced are important predictors of internalization. (4) Conclusions: the patient’s attitude toward the appearance of a scar is an indicator of how he/she will react in the future and it could predict the vulnerability to hopelessness. Finally, we nuance the impact of objective bodily harm on the psychological and moral suffering. MDPI 2022-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8951544/ /pubmed/35327027 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10030550 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Mekeres, Gabriel Mihai
Voiţă-Mekereş, Florica
Tudoran, Cristina
Buhaş, Camelia Liana
Tudoran, Mariana
Racoviţă, Mariana
Voiţă, Nuţu Cristian
Pop, Nicolae Ovidiu
Marian, Mihai
Predictors for Estimating Scars’ Internalization in Victims with Post-Traumatic Scars versus Patients with Postsurgical Scars
title Predictors for Estimating Scars’ Internalization in Victims with Post-Traumatic Scars versus Patients with Postsurgical Scars
title_full Predictors for Estimating Scars’ Internalization in Victims with Post-Traumatic Scars versus Patients with Postsurgical Scars
title_fullStr Predictors for Estimating Scars’ Internalization in Victims with Post-Traumatic Scars versus Patients with Postsurgical Scars
title_full_unstemmed Predictors for Estimating Scars’ Internalization in Victims with Post-Traumatic Scars versus Patients with Postsurgical Scars
title_short Predictors for Estimating Scars’ Internalization in Victims with Post-Traumatic Scars versus Patients with Postsurgical Scars
title_sort predictors for estimating scars’ internalization in victims with post-traumatic scars versus patients with postsurgical scars
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8951544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35327027
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10030550
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