ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2022
Body image distress among cancer patients: needs for psychosocial intervention development.
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- Impact of Body Image Perception on Behavioral Outcomes in Chinese Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Sarcoma.Cancer medicine · 2024Article
- Rationalizing the Influence of Co-Design on Distress, Clinical Decision-Making and Disease Self-Management of Cancer Patients-as-Partners: A Quasi-Experimental Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
- Effect of nurse-Led psychosocial intervention on body image distress and treatment compliance among patients undergoing treatment of cancer: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Depression and associated factors among adult breast cancer patients attending at selected public hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.SAGE open medicine · 2024Article
- Predictors of health-related quality of life of the patients treated for MM: the first study in the Palestinian healthcare system.Annals of hematology · 2023Article
- Gender Differences in Psychosocial Outcomes and Coping Strategies of Patients with Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectivesThis study examines the body image distress among patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) visiting a tertiary care hospital for follow-ups.
designA cross-sectional survey purposively enrolled 170 head and neck cancer (HNC) patients who had undergone cancer surgery at a newly established tertiary care hospital, North India.
methodsA structured pre-tested socio-demographic and clinical profile checklist and the Derriford Appearance Scale-24 (DAS-24) were used to collect information. An appropriate descriptive and inferential statistic was applied to compute the findings.
resultsThe median age of the participants was 46.0 years, and 80% of the participants were unemployed. The mean body image distress score was 57.95 (SD = 10.3, 47-66.75, range 42-77). The body image distress shows a significant association with age (p < .001), gender (p = 0.003), and working status (p = 0.032) of the HNC patients. Multilinear regression reported gender as an independent predictor (95% CI: 0.615-8.646, p = 0.025) for body image distress in HNC patients.
conclusionsHNC patients reported substantial body image distress due to changes in body appearance. Female patients who had undergone surgery at young age reported higher body image distress. Recommending cosmetic surgery and nurse-led psychosocial nursing intervention on routine follow-ups are other potential strategies to improve facial appearance to overcome the negative impact of body image.
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