María J Aguilar Cordero1, Norma Mur Villar2, Marisol Neri Sánchez3, María L Pimentel-Ramírez3, Arturo García-Rillo3, Eusebio Gómez Valverde4. 1. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad de Granada. Hospital Clínico San Cecilio de Granada. Spain.. mariajaguilar@telefonica.net. 2. Departamento de Patología Quirúrgica. Universidad de Granada. Spain.. mariajaguilar@telefonica.net. 3. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. México.. mariajaguilar@telefonica.net. 4. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Cuba.. mariajaguilar@telefonica.net.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Being diagnosed with breast cancer is devastating for women because they face a "sense of loss". Since this loss is observed by the women themselves as well as by those around them, this can often lead to depression. OBJECTIVES: (1) To verify a possible association between body image and depression; (2) To establish a relation between depression and time since breast cancer diagnosis. METHOD: The data came from the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and the Body Image Scale (BIS), which were used to evaluate the subjects. A random sample of n=120 women was divided into two groups. The women in Group 1 had been recently diagnosed with breast cancer, but had not at that time had any type of surgical treatment. The women in Group 2 had undergone a mastectomy over a year ago. RESULTS: The women in Group 1 were found to be more severely depressed, and a statistically significant association was detected between depression and body image (p0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The women in Group 1, the majority of whom were suffering from severe depression, had a disturbed body image even though they had not had a mastectomy. The women in Group 2, who had been operated, also suffered from similar body image problems, but their depression was not as intense. Copyright AULA MEDICA EDICIONES 2014. Published by AULA MEDICA. All rights reserved.
INTRODUCTION: Being diagnosed with breast cancer is devastating for women because they face a "sense of loss". Since this loss is observed by the women themselves as well as by those around them, this can often lead to depression. OBJECTIVES: (1) To verify a possible association between body image and depression; (2) To establish a relation between depression and time since breast cancer diagnosis. METHOD: The data came from the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and the Body Image Scale (BIS), which were used to evaluate the subjects. A random sample of n=120 women was divided into two groups. The women in Group 1 had been recently diagnosed with breast cancer, but had not at that time had any type of surgical treatment. The women in Group 2 had undergone a mastectomy over a year ago. RESULTS: The women in Group 1 were found to be more severely depressed, and a statistically significant association was detected between depression and body image (p0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The women in Group 1, the majority of whom were suffering from severe depression, had a disturbed body image even though they had not had a mastectomy. The women in Group 2, who had been operated, also suffered from similar body image problems, but their depression was not as intense. Copyright AULA MEDICA EDICIONES 2014. Published by AULA MEDICA. All rights reserved.
Authors: Harper G Hubbeling; Shoshana M Rosenberg; Maria Cecilia González-Robledo; Julia G Cohn; Cynthia Villarreal-Garza; Ann H Partridge; Felicia M Knaul Journal: PLoS One Date: 2018-05-22 Impact factor: 3.240