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Body Image Distress and Quality of Life of Oral Cancer Patients

Body Image Distress (BID) and Quality of Life (QoL) of Oral Cancer patients before and after curative surgical treatment: A Longitudinal Prospective study from a tertiary cancer centre

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2022/06/043505
Enrollment
72
Registered
2022-06-27
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-01

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: C00-C14- Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

MALABAR CANCER CENTRE
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) All patients undergoing curative intent surgery for Oral Cancer at MCC 2) Able to read and write English or Malayalam. 3) Patients willing to give informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients below the age of 18 and above the age of 70. 2) Patients with known psychiatric illness, CNS disorders, dementia, neurological diseases or other uncontrolled chronic illnesses on treatment 3) Patients without a responsible caretaker, staying in orphanages, old age homes or shelter homes or bedridden. 4) Patients found to have relapse or recurrence at follow up 5) Patients with congenital or developmental anatomical or phhysiological disorders 6) History of previous radiotherapy, chemotherapy

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To compare the BID and QoL amongst Oral Cancer patients before and after undergoing surgery.Timepoint: baseline and 4 week followup

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To study the relationship between BID and QoL and association of various factors related to patient, tumor and treatmentTimepoint: baseline and 4 week followup

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactJisha Abraham

Malabar Cancer Centre

gabas9@rediffmail.com04902399204

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026