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- Title
Quality of Life in Women Following Various Surgeries of Body Manipulation: Organ Transplantation, Mastectomy, and Breast Reconstruction.
- Authors
Pérez-San-Gregorio, M.; Fernández-Jiménez, Eduardo; Martín-Rodríguez, Agustín; Borda-Más, Mercedes; Rincón-Fernández, M.
- Abstract
This study aimed to determine biopsychosocial differences (anxious-depressive symptomatology and quality of life) among three groups of patients who underwent surgical interventions related to body manipulation, as well as to assess the clinical significance of these results versus reference values. Four groups were compared: women who underwent organ transplant ( n = 26), mastectomy for breast cancer ( n = 36), breast reconstruction ( n = 36), and general population ( n = 608). The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the EORTC QLQ-C30 were used. Women who underwent mastectomy showed the highest anxious-depressive symptomatology and quality-of-life impairment in comparison to the remaining groups, and they also displayed the most clinically significant deterioration in the majority of dimensions (large effect sizes). In contrast, the group with implantation of a healthy organ (transplantation) only showed higher biopsychosocial impairment than the group with reconstruction of an organ (breast reconstruction) in gastrointestinal dysfunctions and in the global self-perception of health.
- Subjects
QUALITY of life; TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.; SURGERY; SURGICAL technology; BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL model; MENTAL depression; MASTECTOMY; MAMMAPLASTY
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 2013, Vol 20, Issue 3, p373
- ISSN
1068-9583
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10880-013-9360-5