ArticleFrontiers in psychology2022
Body Image Concerns in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: A Longitudinal Study.
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- Suicide and Head and Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis and Narrative Synthesis.Psycho-oncology · 2025Pooled it
- A comprehensive examination of mental health in patients with head and neck cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of a brief cognitive behavioral therapy for head and neck cancer survivors with body image distress: secondary outcomes from the BRIGHT pilot randomized clinical trial.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Trial
- Comments on "Development and Psychometric Properties of a General Cancer Stigma Scale (COMPASS)".International journal of cancer · 2026Article
- Toward a Typology of Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: Biopsychosocial Profiles Predicting Longitudinal Quality of Life.Head & neck · 2026Article
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- Impact of social support on body image during chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer: The chain mediating role of depression and self-efficacy.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Article
- Body image of patients in follow-up for pediatric bone sarcoma: implications of tumor location and local therapy.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Body Image Distress and Depression in Head and Neck Cancer Patients- a Narrative Review.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2025Article
- Social alienation and related factors in patients with head and neck tumors undergoing radiotherapy: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- The Impact of a Positive Body Image Program (Body Image Awareness Seminars) on the Positive and Negative Body Image of Individuals Living With Cancer.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Patient Self-Advocacy Scale using classical test theory and item response theory.Scientific reports · 2025Observational
- Body image and social appearance anxiety in patients with cancer undergoing radiotherapy: Across-sectional study.BMC psychology · 2024Article
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- Clinical and psychosocial factors associated with quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer: an analytical cross-sectional study from a lower-middle-income country.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Validation of the Canadian Version of the Shame and Stigma Scale for Head and Neck Cancer Patients.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Article
- Efficacy of a Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer Survivors with Body Image Distress: Secondary Outcomes from the BRIGHT Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.Research square · 2023Article
- Body image concerns in long-term head and neck cancer survivors: prevalence and role of clinical factors and patient-reported late effects.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2023Article
- Psychological Survivorship in Head and Neck Cancer.Seminars in plastic surgery · 2023Review
- Psychological variables associated with quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer: the role of body image distress.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
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Abstract
Objective: Head and neck cancer (HNC) treatments are known to significantly affect functionality and appearance, leading to an increased risk for body image disturbances. Yet, few longitudinal studies exist to examine body image in these patients. Based on a conceptual model, the current study aimed to determine, in patients newly diagnosed with HNC: (1) the prevalence, level, and course of body image concerns; (2) correlates of upon cancer diagnosis (pre-treatment) body image concerns; (3) predictors of immediate post-treatment body image concerns; and (4) association between body image concerns and levels of anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, support (i.e., satisfaction with support from physician, social/family wellbeing, and unmet support needs), and alcohol and drug misuse. Methods: Two hundred and twenty-three (participation rate = 72%), newly diagnosed with a primary HNC were assessed using structured clinical interviews and psychometric measures at three, and 6 months after diagnosis. Primary outcome was 3-month, as it was most salient to body image disturbance. Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted on the potential body image predictors, based on the model. Results: Sixty-eight percent of patients with HNC ( Conclusion: This longitudinal study helps identify patients more susceptible to experience body image disturbance following head and neck cancer. Clinicians ought to pay special attention to body image concerns upon cancer diagnosis, physical symptom burden, and neuroticism, and may want to target these factors in future preventive interventions.
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