Faten E, Nader M, Raies H, Sana M, Amel M, Fadhel MM. [Body image disorder in 100 Tunisian female breast cancer patients].
Bull Cancer 2018. [PMID:
29525054 DOI:
10.1016/j.bulcan.2018.01.008]
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION
This study aimed at tracking the prevalence of body image disorder in a population of Tunisian women followed for breast cancer and the factors associated with it.
PATIENTS END METHODS
The cross-sectional study was conducted at Salah-Azaiez Institute in Tunis, over a period of four months. One hundred outpatients followed for confirmed breast cancer were recruited. The questionnaire targeted the women's sexuality and their couple relationships, along with their socio-demographic, clinical, and therapeutic characteristics. The scales used were BIS, HADS, and FSFI.
RESULTS
The prevalence of body image disorder according to BIS was 45% with an average of 11.5±11.2 among the interrogated patients, 24.7% of which reported an alteration in their couple relationships and 47% in their sexual relations. In univariate analysis, body image disorder was associated with family support, change in couple relationship, depression and anxiety. Body image disorder and sexual dysfunction were interrelated: each of them fostered the prevalence of the other. Multivariate analysis showed that occupational activity was an independent predictor and the absence of anxiety an independent protective factor. Body image disorder was an independent predictive factor of depression and anxiety.
DISCUSSION
The quality of couple relation and sexuality, along with the impact of the patient's surrounding are decisive for the protection or alteration of her body image.
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