Breast Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
Aesthetic care,, Mastectomy,, Breast cancer,, Quality of life,, Body image,, Psychological adjustment
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of a socio-aesthetic intervention on body image and quality of life in post-surgical patients with mastectomy or tumorectomy for breast cancer.Two groups of randomized subjects were constituted. Patients of the experimental group received 2 or 3 aesthetic care during the first post-surgical week, whereas those of the control group not. Body image, quality of life and diverse other personality variables were assessed at three different times: surgical operation day before, exit day before of hospitalization and three months afterwards. Our general hypothesis is that subjects who receive aesthetic care report levels significantly higher of corporal satisfaction and of quality of life at the end of the hospitalization and three months later than patients of the control group.
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
First diagnosis of cancer and first surgical treatment for cancer Diagnosis of breast cancer
Exclusion criteria
Psychiatric antecedents Inclusion in another psychosocial research
Countries
France